Birds to See in Hungary in February
129 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Mallard and Blue Tit. New this month: Stonechat, Ruff, Eurasian Spoonbill and Black-tailed Godwit and 4 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 129 birds in February
129 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.37% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.07% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.38% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.82% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.78% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.75% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.64% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.57% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.48% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.35% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.26% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Feb · 0.09% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.05% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantRare68–88 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusScarceRare120–150 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
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