Common Birds in Hungary
Our list for Hungary has 116 common birds recorded regularly there: 50 residents, 41 summer visitors, 24 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Hungary in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 116, most common first
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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