Birds to See in North Macedonia in September
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.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
From North Macedonia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 89 birds in September
89 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.20% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.94% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.10% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.95% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.68% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.56% in Sep
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.27% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.22% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep · 1.07% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.04% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.90% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.90% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.84% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.78% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.75% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.75% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.75% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.64% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.61% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.49% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.43% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.41% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.41% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.35% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.32% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.17% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarceUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
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