Birds to See in North Macedonia in September
89 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
89 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, House Sparrow and Jackdaw. New this month: Cetti's Warbler, Pochard, Black Redstart and Eurasian Teal and 13 more.
New in September17
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly May–Mar
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(23)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(22)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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