Birds of Hungary
331 species recorded at 20 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RookCorvus frugilegus
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great EgretArdea albaMost recorded
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
White WagtailMotacilla alba
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusHotspots with the most records
- Old Lakes of Hortobágy fishponds – Hortobágyi-halastóHajdú-Bihar County254 species
- Péteri-tóBács-Kiskun County212 species
- Árasztás-ApajPest County222 species
- Fancsikai tavak (forested lakes) és erdőspuszták – DebrecenHajdú-Bihar County213 species
- Nagy-Nyomás (former saltmarsh reconstruction by HNP) – DerecskeHajdú-Bihar County208 species
- Hortobágyi National Park – Marshes and grasslandsHajdú-Bihar County246 species
- Pesterzsébet Újtelepi Parkerdő – BudapestBudapest112 species
- Andaháza-Földes-Bihari-sík – BerettyóújfaluHajdú-Bihar County209 species
- Kunpeszéri út – BugyiPest County183 species
- Borsodi-dűlő – FertőújlakGyőr-Moson-Sopron County206 species
- Apaji fishponds – ApajPest County215 species
- Ürbőpusztai-halastavak – ApajPest County213 species
All 20 hotspots
- Dinnyési Ferto Nature ReserveFejér County221 species
- Szepes-Tócó-ér és kommunális hulladékhasznosító (at dumping and sewage) – Debrecen-TégláskertHajdú-Bihar County177 species
- Felső Duna part-Soroksári Duna – River DanubeBudapest121 species
- Csaj-tóCsongrád-Csanád County217 species
- Ferencmajori fish pondsKomárom-Esztergom County216 species
- Kösély fishponds and Eastern main canal – HajdúszoboszlóHajdú-Bihar County206 species
- Gellérthegy – BudapestBudapest139 species
- Kaba sewage ponds and surrounding area – KabaHajdú-Bihar County205 species
All species recorded · 331
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Bustard Otis tarda
- Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus