Uncommon Birds in North Macedonia
Our list for North Macedonia has 61 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 6 summer visitors, 34 passage migrants and 21 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in North Macedonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 61, most common first
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaScarceUncommon53–57 cm
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixScarceUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Jun
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cm
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