Birds to See in Hungary in December
134 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Mallard and Blue Tit. New this month: Blackcap, Velvet Scoter, Twite and Dipper.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
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.
Other months
All 134 birds in December
134 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.22% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.78% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.52% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.06% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.87% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.86% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.82% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.81% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.72% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.69% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.46% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.13% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.07% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Dec
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Dec
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Dec
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in 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