Finches in Hungary
Our list for Hungary has 13 finches recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
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 13, most common first
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Serin 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Twite 13–14 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 14–16 cm
- Bullfinch 14–16 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Hawfinch 17–18 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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