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
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Feb
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all 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