Birds to See in Hungary in January
133 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
133 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Mallard and Blue Tit. New this month: Eurasian Bittern, Common Redpoll, Whooper Swan and Common Loon and 5 more.
Residents
(65)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Jan–Jul
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Winter visitors
(45)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Dec–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Nov–Jan
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Oct–May
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Jan
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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