Birds to See in Hungary in April
186 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blackbird, Common Starling and Hooded Crow. New this month: Cuckoo, House Martin, Nightingale and Golden Oriole and 48 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Hungary’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 186 birds in April
186 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.49% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.09% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.80% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.60% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.15% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.01% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.93% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.90% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.85% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.83% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.77% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.45% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.42% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.35% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
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