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
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaScarceUncommon78–90 cm
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarceUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisScarceUncommon69–81 cm
Greylag GooseAnser anserScarceUncommon75–90 cm
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusScarceUncommon35–40 cm
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusScarceUncommon23–24 cm
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusScarceUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusScarceUncommon11–12 cm
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaScarceUncommon80–90 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