Birds to See in Hungary in May
185 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Woodpigeon, Common Starling, Barn Swallow, Blackbird and Hooded Crow. New this month: Grey Plover, Little Bittern, Sanderling and Ruddy Turnstone and 8 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
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 185 birds in May
185 birds
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.19% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.89% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.86% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.82% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.80% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.68% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.23% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.14% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.01% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.00% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.96% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.93% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.89% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.88% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.70% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.67% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.59% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.42% in May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.39% in May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.36% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.20% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.18% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.07% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.01% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly May · 0.00% in May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in May
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