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Non-critical checklist of birds of Macedonia
Metodija Velevski, Macedonian Ecological Society
Updated on 28.12.2009
Note: The checklist has been compiled basing on data found in the references given in the
section "Bibliography on birds of Macedonia", without any critical review. The author is aware
that few of those species have been included basing on erroneous information. Also, the
author is aware of unpublished data for eight more species, not included in this checklist.

Gaviiformes
Gaviidae
1 Gavia stellata - - Red-throated Loon
2 Gavia arctica - - Arctic Loon
3 Gavia immer - - Common Loon
Podicipediformes
Podicipedidae
4 Tachybaptus ruficollis - - Little Grebe
5 Podiceps cristatus - - Great Crested Grebe
6 Podiceps griseigena - - Red-necked Grebe
7 Podiceps auritus - - Horned Grebe
8 Podiceps nigricollis - - Black-necked Grebe
Pelecaniformes
Phalacrocoracidae
9 Phalacrocorax carbo - - Great Cormorant
10 Phalacrocorax aristotelis - - European Shag
11 Phalacrocorax pygmeus - - Pygmy Cormorant
Pelecanidae
12 Pelecanus onocrotalus - - Great White Pelican
13 Pelecanus crispus - - Dalmatian Pelican
Ciconiiformes
Ardeidae
14 Botaurus stellaris - - Great Bittern
15 Ixobrichus minutus - - Little Bittern
16 Nycticorax nycticorax - - Black-crowned Night Heron
17 Ardeolla ralloides - - Squacco Heron
18 Bubulcus ibis - - Cattle Egret
19 Egretta garzetta - - Little Egret
20 Casmerodius albus - - Great White Egret
21 Ardea cinerea - - Grey Heron
22 Ardea purpurea - - Purple Heron
Ciconiidae
23 Ciconia ciconia - - White Stork
24 Ciconia nigra - - Black Stork
Threskiornithidae
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25 Plegadis falcinellus - - Glossy Ibis
26 Platalea leucorodia - - Eurasian Spoonbill
Phoenicopteridae
27 Phoenicopterus roseus - - Greater flamingo
Anseriformes
Anatidae
28 Cygnus olor - - Mute Swan
29 Cygnus columbianus - - Tundra Swan
30 Cygnus cygnus - - Whooper Swan
31 Anser fabalis - - Bean Goose
32 Anser albifrons - - Greater White-fronted Goose
33 Anser erythropus - - Lesser White-fronted Goose
34 Anser anser - - Greylag Goose
35 Tadorna ferruginea - - Ruddy Shelduck
36 Tadorna tadorna - - Common Shelduck
37 Anas penelope - - Eurasian Wigeon
38 Anas strepera - - Gadwall
39 Anas crecca - - Common Teal
40 Anas plathyrhynchos - - Mallard
41 Anas acuta - - Northern Pintail
42 Anas querquedula - - Garganey
43 Anas clypeata - - Northern Shoveler
44 Marmaronetta angustirostris - - Marbled Teal
45 Netta rufina - - Red-crested Pochard
46 Aythya ferina - - Common Pochard
47 Aythya nyroca - - Ferruginous Duck
48 Aythya fuligula - - Tufted Duck
49 Aythya marila - - Greater Scaup
50 Clangula hyemalis - - Long-tailed Duck
51 Melanitta fusca - - White-winged Scoter
52 Bucephala clangula - - Common Goldeneye
53 Mergus albellus - - Smew
54 Mergus serrator - - Red-breasted Merganser
55 Mergus merganser - - Common Goosander
56 Oxyura leucocephala - - White-headed Duck
Falconiformes
Accipitridae
57 Pernis apivorus - - European Honey Buzzard
58 Milvus migrans - - Black Kite
59 Milvus milvus - - Red Kite
60 Haliaeetus albicilla - - White-tailed Eagle
61 Gypaetus barbatus - - Lammergeier
62 Neophron percnopterus - - Egyptian Vulture
63 Gyps fulvus - - Griffon Vulture
64 Aegypius monachus - - Cinereous Vulture
65 Circaetus gallicus - - Short-toed Snake-eagle
66 Circus aeruginosus - - Western Marsh Harrier
67 Circus cyaneus - - Northern Harrier
68 Circus macrourus - - Pallid Harrier
69 Circus pygargus - - Montagu's Harrier
70 Accipiter gentilis - - Northern Goshawk
71 Accipiter nisus - - Eurasian Sparrowhawk
72 Accipiter brevipes - - Levant Sparrowhawk
73 Buteo buteo - - Common Buzzard
74 Buteo rufinus - - Long-legged Buzzard
75 Buteo lagopus - - Rough-legged Buzzard
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76 Aquila pomarina - - Lesser Spotted Eagle
77 Aquila clanga - - Greater Spotted Eagle
78 Aquila heliaca - - Eastern Imperial Eagle
79 Aquila chrysaetos - - Golden Eagle
80 Hieraaetus pennatus - - Booted Eagle
81 Hieraaetus fasciatus - - Bonelli's Eagle
Pandionidae
82 Pandion haliaetus - - Osprey
Falconidae
83 Falco naumanni - - Lesser Kestrel
84 Falco tinnunculus - - Common Kestrel
85 Falco vespertinus - - Red-footed Falcon
86 Falco columbarius - - Merlin
87 Falco subbuteo - - Eurasian Hobby
88 Falco eleonorae - - Eleonora's Falcon
89 Falco biarmicus - - Lanner Falcon
90 Falco cherrug - - Saker Falcon
91 Falco peregrinus - - Peregrine Falcon
Galliformes
Phasianidae
92 Bonasa bonasia - - Hazel Grouse
93 Tetrao tetrix - - Black Grouse
94 Tetrao urogallus - - Western Capercaillie
95 Alectoris graeca - - Rock Partridge
96 Perdix perdix - - Grey Partridge
97 Coturnix coturnix - - Common Quail
98 Phasianus colchicus - - Common Pheasant
Gruiformes
Rallidae
99 Rallus aquaticus - - Water Rail
100 Porzana porzana - - Spotted Crake
101 Porzana parva - - Little Crake
102 Porzana pusilla - - Baillon's Crake
103 Crex crex - - Corncrake
104 Gallinula chloropus - - Common Moorhen
105 Fulica atra - - Common Coot
Gruidae
106 Grus grus - - Common Crane
Otitidae
107 Tetrax tetrax - - Little Bustard
108 Otis tarda - - Great Bustard
Charadriiformes
Haematopodidae
109 Haematopus ostralegus - - Eurasian Oystercatcher
Recurvirostridae
110 Himantopus himantopus - - Black-winged Stilt
111 Recurvirostra avosetta - - Pied Avocet
Burhinidae
112 Burhinus oedicnemus - - Eurasian Thick-knee
Glareolidae
113 Glareola pratincola - - Collared Pratincole
114 Glareola nordmanni - - Black-winged Pratincole
Charadriidae
115 Charadrius dubius - - Little Ringed Plover
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116 Charadrius hiaticula - - Common Ringed Plover
117 Charadrius alexandrinus - - Kentish Plover
118 Charadrius morinellus - - Eurasian Dotterel
119 Pluvialis apricaria - - Eurasian Golden Plover
120 Pluvialis squatarola - - Grey Plover
121 Vanellus vanellus - - Northern Lapwing
Scolopacidae
122 Calidris alba - - Sanderling
123 Calidris minuta - - Little Stint
124 Calidris temminckii - - Temminck's Stint
125 Calidris ferruginea - - Curlew Sandpiper
126 Calidris alpina - - Dunlin
127 Limicola falcinellus - - Broad-billed Sandpiper
128 Philomachus pugnax - - Ruff
129 Lymnocryptes minimus - - Jack Snipe
130 Gallinago gallinago - - Common Snipe
131 Gallinago media - - Great Snipe
132 Scolopax rusticola - - Eurasian Woodcock
133 Limosa limosa - - Black-tailed Godwit
134 Numenius phaeopus - - Whimbrel
135 Numenius tenuirostris - - Slender-billed Curlew
136 Numenius arquata - - Eurasian Curlew
137 Tringa erythropus - - Spotted Redshank
138 Tringa totanus - - Common Redshank
139 Tringa stagnatilis - - Marsh Sandpiper
140 Tringa nebularia - - Common Greenshank
141 Tringa ochropus - - Green Sandpiper
142 Tringa glareola - - Wood Sandpiper
143 Actitis hypoleucos - - Common Sandpiper
144 Arenaria interpres - - Ruddy Turnstone
Laridae
145 Larus melanocephalus - - Mediterranean Gull
146 Larus minutus - - Little Gull
147 Larus ridibundus - - Black-headed Gull
148 Larus genei - - Slender-billed Gull
149 Larus canus - - Mew Gull
150 Larus fuscus - - Lesser Black-backed Gull
151 Larus cachinnans - - Yellow-legged Gull
152 Rhodostethia rosea - - Ross's Gull
153 Rissa tridactyla - - Black-legged Kittiwake
154 Sterna nilotica - - Gull-billed Tern
155 Sterna caspia - - Caspian Tern
156 Sterna sandvicensis - - Sandwich Tern
157 Sterna hirundo - - Common Tern
158 Sterna albifrons - - Little Tern
159 Chlidonias hybrida - - Whiskered Tern
160 Chlidonias niger - - Black Tern
161 Chlidonias leucopterus - - White-winged Tern
Columbiformes
Columbidae
162 Columba livia - - Rock Pigeon
163 Columba oenas - - Stock Dove
164 Columba palumbus - - Common Wood Pigeon
165 Streptopelia decaocto - - Eurasian Collared Dove
166 Streptopelia turtur - - European Turtle Dove

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Cuculiformes
Cuculidae
167 Clamator glandarius - - Great Spotted Cuckoo
168 Cuculus canorus - - Common Cuckoo
Strigiformes
Tytonidae
169 Tyto alba - - Barn Owl
Strigidae
170 Otus scops - - Common Scops Owl
171 Bubo bubo - - Eurasian Eagle Owl
172 Athene noctua - - Little Owl
173 Strix aluco - - Tawny Owl
174 Strix uralensis - - Ural Owl
175 Asio otus - - Long-eared Owl
176 Asio flammeus - - Short-eared Owl
177 Aegolius funereus - - Boreal Owl
Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae
178 Caprimulgus europaeus - - Eurasian Nightjar
Apodiformes
Apodidae
179 Apus apus - - Common Swift
180 Tachymarptis melba - - Alpine Swift
Coraciiformes
Alcedinidae
181 Alcedo atthis - - Common Kingfisher
Meropidae
182 Merops apiaster - - European Bee-eater
Coraciidae
183 Coracias garrulus - - European Roller
Upupidae
184 Upupa epops - - Eurasian Hoopoe
Piciformes
Picidae
185 Jynx torquilla - - Eurasian Wryneck
186 Picus canus - - Grey-faced Woodpecker
187 Picus viridis - - Eurasian Green Woodpecker
188 Dryocopus martius - - Black Woodpecker
189 Dendrocopos major - - Great Spotted Woodpecker
190 Dendrocopos syriacus - - Syrian Woodpecker
191 Dendrocopos medius - - Middle Spotted Woodpecker
192 Dendrocopos leucutos - - White-backed Woodpecker
193 Dendrocopos minor - - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Passeriformes
Alaudidae
194 Melanocorypha calandra - - Calandra Lark
195 Calandrella brachydactyla - - Greater Short-toed Lark
196 Galerida cristata - - Crested Lark
197 Lullula arborea - - Wood lark
198 Alauda arvensis - - Eurasian Skylark
199 Eremophila alpestris - - Horned Lark

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Hirundinidae
200 Riparia riparia - - Sand Martin
201 Ptyonoprogne rupestris - - Eurasian Crag Martin
202 Hirundo rustica - - Barn Swallow
203 Hirundo daurica - - Red-rumped Swallow
204 Delichon urbica - - Northern House Martin
Motacillidae
205 Anthus campestris - - Tawny Pipit
206 Anthus trivialis - - Tree Pipit
207 Anthus pratensis - - Meadow Pipit
208 Anthus cervinus - - Red-throated Pipit
209 Anthus spinoletta - - Water Pipit
210 Motacilla flava - - Yellow Wagtail
211 Motacilla cinerea - - Grey Wagtail
212 Motacilla alba - - White Wagtail
Bombycillidae
213 Bombycilla garrulus - - Bohemian Waxwing
Cinclidae
214 Cinclus cinclus - - White-throated diper
Troglodytidae
215 Troglodytes troglodytes - - Winter Wren
Prunellidae
216 Prunella modularis - - Hedge ccentor
217 Prunella collaris - - Alpine ccentor
Muscicapidae
218 Erythropygia galactotes - - Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
219 Erithacus rubecula - - European Robin
220 Luscinia megarhynchos - - Common Nightingale
221 Phoenicurus ochruros - - Black Redstart
222 Phoenicurus phoenicurus - - Common Redstart
223 Saxicola rubetra - - Whinchat
224 Saxicola torquata - - Common Stonechat
225 Oenanthe oenanthe - - Northern Wheatear
226 Oenanthe pleschanka - - Pied Wheatear
227 Oenanthe hispanica - - Black-eared Wheatear
228 Monticola saxatilis - - Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush
229 Monticola solitarius - - Blue Rock Thrush
230 Muscicapa striata - - Spotted Flycatcher
231 Ficedula parva - - Red-breasted Flycatcher
232 Ficedula semitorquata - - Semi-collared Flycatcher
233 Ficedula albicollis - - Collared Flycatcher
234 Ficedula hypoleuca - - European Pied Flycatcher
Turdidae
235 Turdus torquatus - - Ring Ouzel
236 Turdus merula - - Eurasian Blackbird
237 Turdus pilaris - - Fieldfare
238 Turdus philomelos - - Song Thrush
239 Turdus iliacus - - Redwing
240 Turdus viscivorus - - Mistle Thrush
Sylviidae
241 Cettia cetti - - Cetti's warbler
242 Locustella naevia - - Common Grasshopper Warbler
243 Locustella luscinioides - - Savi's Warbler
244 Acrocephalus melanopogon - - Moustached Warbler
245 Acrocephalus paludicola - - Aquatic Warbler
246 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus - - Sedge Warbler
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247 Acrocephalus palustris - - Marsh Warbler
248 Acrocephalus scirpaceus - - Eurasian Reed Warbler
249 Acrocephalus arundinaceus - - Great Reed Warbler
250 Hippolais pallida - - Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
251 Hippolais olivetorum - - Olive-tree Warbler
252 Hippolais icterina - - Icterine Warbler
253 Sylvia conspicillata - - Spectacled Warbler
254 Sylvia cantillans - - Subalpine Warbler
255 Sylvia melanocephala - - Sardinian Warbler
256 Sylvia hortensis - - - Orphean Warbler
257 Sylvia nisoria - - Barred Warbler
258 Sylvia curruca - - Lesser Whitethroat
259 Sylvia communis - - Common Whitethroat
260 Sylvia borin - - Garden Warbler
261 Sylvia atricapilla - - Blackcap
262 Phylloscopus bonelli - - Bonelli's Warbler
263 Phylloscopus sibilatrix - - Wood Warbler
264 Phylloscopus collybita - - Common Chiffchaff
265 Phylloscopus trochilus - - Willow Warbler
Regulidae
266 Regulus regulus - - Goldcrest
267 Regulus ignicapilla - - Firecrest
Timaliidae
268 Panurus biarmicus - - Bearded Parrotbill
Aegithalidae
269 Aegithalos caudatus - - Long-tailed Tit
Paridae
270 Parus palustris - - Marsh Tit
271 Parus lugubris - - Sombre Tit
272 Parus montanus - - Willow Tit
273 Parus cristatus - - Crested Tit
274 Parus ater - - Coal Tit
275 Parus caeruleus - - Blue Tit
276 Parus major - - Great Tit
Sittidae
277 Sitta europea - - Wood Nuthatch
278 Sitta neumayer - - Western Rock Nuthatch
279 Tichodroma muraria - - Wallcreeper
Certhiidae
280 Certhia familiaris - - Eurasian Treecreeper
281 Certhia brachydactyla - - Short-toed Treecreeper
Remizidae
282 Remiz pendulinus - - Eurasian Penduline Tit
Oriolidae
283 Oriolus oriolus - - Eurasian Golden Oriole
Laniidae
284 Lanius collurio - - Red-backed Shrike
285 Lanius minor - - Lesser Grey Shrike
286 Lanius excubitor - - Great Grey Shrike
287 Lanius senator - - Woodchat Shrike
288 Lanius nubicus - - Masked Shrike
Corvidae
289 Garrulus glandarius - - Eurasian Jay
290 Pica pica - - Black-billed Magpie
291 Nucifraga caryocatactes - - Spotted Nutcracker
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292 Pyrrhocorax graculus - - Yellow-billed Chough
293 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax - - Red-billed Chough
294 Corvus monedula - - Eurasian Jackdaw
295 Corvus frugilegus - - Rook
296 Corvus cornix - - Hooded Crow
297 Corvus corax - - Common Raven
Sturnidae
298 Sturnus vulgaris - - Common Starling
299 Sturnus roseus - - Rosy Starling
Passeridae
300 Passer domesticus - - House Sparrow
301 Passer hispaniolensis - - Spanish Sparrow
302 Passer montanus - - Eurasian Tree Sparrow
303 Petronia petronia - - Rock Sparrow
304 Montifringilla nivalis - - White-winged Snowfinch
Fringillidae
305 Fringilla coelebs - - Eurasian Chaffinch
306 Fringilla montifringilla - - Brambling
307 Serinus serinus - - European Serin
308 Carduelis chloris - - European Greenfinch
309 Carduelis carduelis - - European Goldfinch
310 Carduelis spinus - - Eurasian Siskin
311 Carduelis cannabina - - Eurasian Linnet
312 Carduelis flammea - - Common Redpoll
313 Loxia curvirostra - - Red Crossbill
314 Pyrrhula pyrrhula - - Eurasian Bullfinch
315 Coccothraustes coccothraustes - - Hawfinch
Emberizidae
316 Emberiza citrinella - - Yellowhammer
317 Emberiza cirlus - - Cirl Bunting
318 Emberiza cia - - Rock Bunting
319 Emberiza hortulana - - Ortolan Bunting
320 Emberiza pusilla - - Little Bunting
321 Emberiza schoeniclus - - Reed Bunting
322 Emberiza melanocephala - - Black-headed Bunting
323 Miliaria calandra - - Corn Bunting

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