Birds to See in Hungary in March
147 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Hooded Crow and Common Starling. New this month: Barn Swallow, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Yellow Wagtail and 24 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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.
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All 147 birds in March
147 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.37% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.13% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.93% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.74% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.71% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.68% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.50% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.43% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.29% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.29% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
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