Birds to See in Hungary in July
170 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Collared Dove and Blackbird. New this month: Common Merganser, Common Snipe, Dunlin and Little Stint and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
House MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Common SwiftBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
European Turtle-doveBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Purple HeronBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warblerBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
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 170 birds in July
170 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.86% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jul- House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.83% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.63% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.58% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.39% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.34% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul- Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.09% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul- European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.93% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul- Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.83% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul- Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.76% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.72% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.70% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.68% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.61% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.58% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.52% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.40% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.34% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.27% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jul
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Jul · 0.01% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
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