Birds to See in Hungary in October
168 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Blue Tit, Mallard and Buzzard. New this month: Fieldfare, Greater White-fronted Goose, Common Gull and Bullfinch and 19 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 168 birds in October
168 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.15% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.53% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.17% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.89% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.83% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.74% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.58% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.55% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.48% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.35% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.30% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusScarceRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Oct
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
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