Ducks, Geese & Swans in Hungary
Our list for Hungary has 35 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Hungary in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 35, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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