Birds of Hungary
Hungary hosts 359 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great TitParus major
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GullLarus canus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Ural OwlStrix uralensis
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Upland GooseChloephaga picta
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis