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
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
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