Birds to See in Hungary in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 133 birds in January
133 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.36% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.39% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.57% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.98% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.97% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.95% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.83% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.83% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.74% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.66% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.53% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.38% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.10% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.05% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantRare66–91 cmRegularly Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusScarceRare120–150 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantRare68–88 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
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