Rare Birds in Hungary
Our list for Hungary has 42 rare birds recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 6 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 27 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Hungary in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 42, most common first
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantRare68–88 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaScarceRare50–71 cm
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaScarceRare63–73 cm
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusScarceRare64–79 cm
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaScarceRare47–54 cm
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