Birds to See in Hungary in September
179 bird species on our list for Hungary are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Eurasian Siskin, Goldcrest, Meadow Pipit and Hen Harrier and 8 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 179 birds in September
179 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.03% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.75% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.72% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.98% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.93% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.93% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.69% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.62% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorCommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.55% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.52% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.42% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.41% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.26% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.18% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Sep
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
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