Birds to See in North Macedonia in October
65 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
65 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Jackdaw and House Sparrow. New this month: Eurasian Wren, Song Thrush, Eurasian Siskin and Grey Partridge and 1 more.
Leaving after last month29
- Barn Swallow
- House Martin
- Golden Oriole
- Common Swift
- European Bee-eater
- Hoopoe
- Whitethroat
- European Turtle-dove
- Wood Warbler
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Willow Warbler
- Water Rail
- Common Sandpiper
- Yellowhammer
- Hobby
- Yellow Wagtail
- Whinchat
- Marsh Tit
- Crag Martin
- Wheatear
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Sand Martin
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Common Merganser
- Common Reed-warbler
- Northern Lapwing
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Squacco Heron
- Dunlin
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Feb
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made