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
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorScarceUncommon22–26 cm
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaScarceUncommon58–67 cm
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisScarceUncommon46–61 cm
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Jun
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaScarceUncommon59–76 cm
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusScarceUncommon37–40 cm
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaScarceUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusScarceUncommon11–12 cm
Black TernChlidonias nigerScarceUncommon22–26 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