Birds to See in Hungary in August
178 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Great Tit and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Grey Plover and Golden Plover and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
WoodpigeonBusiest month of the year · All year
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Red-backed ShrikeBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
European Bee-eaterBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
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.
Other months
All 178 birds in August
178 birds
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Aug
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.97% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.35% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.69% in Aug- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.66% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug- European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.40% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.96% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.87% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.84% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.83% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.82% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.79% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.53% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.50% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.23% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.09% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
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