Birds to See in Hungary in April
186 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April52
- Cuckoo
- House Martin
- Nightingale
- Golden Oriole
- Red-backed Shrike
- European Bee-eater
- Common Swift
- Sedge Warbler
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Turtle-dove
- Tree Pipit
- Savi's Warbler
- Purple Heron
- Common Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Little Egret
- Hobby
- Whitethroat
- Common Tern
- Wood Warbler
- Sand Martin
- Willow Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Common Quail
- Black Tern
- Whinchat
- Little Stint
- Squacco Heron
- Wryneck
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Honey-buzzard
- Little Gull
- Montagu's Harrier
- Common Redstart
- White-winged Tern
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Cattle Egret
- Garden Warbler
- Grasshopper Warbler
- European Herring Gull
- Temminck's Stint
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Glossy Ibis
- Horned Grebe
- Nightjar
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Short-eared Owl
- Red Crossbill
- Willow Tit
- Spotted Crake
- Ring Ouzel
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
Residents
(65)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(80)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Winter visitors
(28)Present outside the breeding season
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
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