Birds to See in Hungary in October
168 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October23
- Fieldfare
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Common Gull
- Bullfinch
- Redwing
- Red-breasted Goose
- Brambling
- Water Pipit
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Greater Scaup
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Arctic Loon
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Barnacle Goose
- Horned Grebe
- Common Redpoll
- Jack Snipe
- Short-eared Owl
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Bar-headed Goose
Leaving after last month34
- House Martin
- Nightingale
- Golden Oriole
- European Bee-eater
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Turtle-dove
- Yellow Wagtail
- Hoopoe
- Savi's Warbler
- Common Sandpiper
- Whitethroat
- Common Tern
- Wood Warbler
- Sand Martin
- Marsh Warbler
- Black Tern
- Little Bittern
- Mediterranean Gull
- Wryneck
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Honey-buzzard
- Bluethroat
- Montagu's Harrier
- White-winged Tern
- Garden Warbler
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Temminck's Stint
- Glossy Ibis
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Nightjar
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red Knot
- Spotted Crake
- Pectoral Sandpiper
Residents
(65)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(46)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(40)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(16)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Oct
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Dotterel
Eudromias morinellusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Oct
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Oct–May
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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