Uncommon Birds in Hungary
Our list for Hungary has 84 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 36 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 15 passage migrants
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 84, most common first
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–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