Bird AlbumHungary · Hajdú-Bihar County
Hortobágyi National Park – Marshes and grasslands
246 species and 11,375 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 161 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common CraneGrus grus
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Great EgretArdea alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RookCorvus frugilegus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Rock DoveColumba livia75 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 246 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Old Lakes of Hortobágy fishponds – Hortobágyi-halastó11 km254 species
- Kösély fishponds and Eastern main canal – Hajdúszoboszló21 km206 species
- Kaba sewage ponds and surrounding area – Kaba23 km205 species
- Szepes-Tócó-ér és kommunális hulladékhasznosító (at dumping and sewage) – Debrecen-Tégláskert38 km177 species
- Andaháza-Földes-Bihari-sík – Berettyóújfalu38 km209 species
- Nagy-Nyomás (former saltmarsh reconstruction by HNP) – Derecske45 km208 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hortobágyi National Park – Marshes and grasslands?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 161 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hortobágyi National Park – Marshes and grasslands?
246 species, from 11,375 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hortobágyi National Park – Marshes and grasslands in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Pheasant, Common Crane, Greater White-fronted Goose and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.