BIRDING HUNGARY

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The following list contains some of those bird species that can be regarded as "regular" in Hungary. i.e. birds which occur every year and which a visiting birder (in the appropriate season) stands a good to reasonable chance of seeing. Some vagrant, rare and very localised species have thus been omitted though they may actually occur annually. This is not a list of all the birds which have ever occurred in Hungary.

 

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Red-throated Diver (Red-throated Loon) Gavia stellata

Black-throated Diver (Arctic Loon) Gavia arctica

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

Great-crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

Red-necked Grebe Podiceps griseigena

Slavonian Grebe (Horned Grebe) Podiceps auritius

Black-necked Grebe (Eared Grebe) Podiceps nigricollis

Cormorant (Great Cormorant) Phalacrocorax carbo

Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmaeus

Bittern (Great Bittern) Botaurus stellaris

Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus

Night Heron (Black-crowned) Nycticorax nycticorax

Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Great White Egret (Great Egret) Egretta alba

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

Black Stork Ciconia nigra

White Stork Ciconia ciconia

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

Spoonbill (Eurasian Spoonbill) Platalea leucorodia

Mute Swan Cygnus olor

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus

Bean Goose (Taiga Bean Goose) Anser fabalis

(Greater) White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons

Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus

Greylag Goose Anser anser

Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis

Shelduck (Common Shelduck) Tadorna tadorna

Wigeon (Eurasian Wigeon) Anas penelope

Gadwall Anas strepera

Common Teal (Green-winged Teal) Anas crecca

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Pintail (Northern Pintail) Anas acuta

Garganey Anas querquedula

Shoveler (Northern Shoveler) Anas clypeata

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

Pochard (Common Pochard) Aythya ferina

Ferruginous Duck (White-eyed Pochard) Aythya nyroca

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

Scaup (Greater Scaup) Aythya marila

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

Common Scoter (Black Scoter) Melanitta nigra

Velvet Scoter (White-winged Scoter) Melanitta fusca

Goldeneye (Common Goldeneye) Bucephala clangula

Smew Mergellus albellus

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

Goosander (Common Merganser) Mergus merganser

Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus

Black Kite Milvus migrans

White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

Short-toed EagleCircaetus gallicus

Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

Hen Harrier (Northern Harrier) Circus cyaneus

Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus

Goshawk (Northern Goshawk) Accipiter gentilis

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

Rough-legged Buzzard (Rough-legged Hawk) Buteo lagopus

Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina

Spotted Eagle (Greater Spotted Eagle) Aquila clanga

Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Kestrel (Common Kestrel) Falco tinnunculus

Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus

Merlin Falco columbarius

Hobby (Eurasian Hobby) Falco subbuteo

Saker Falcon Falco cherrug

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Grey Partridge (Common Partridge) Perdix perdix

Quail (Common Quail) Coturnix coturnix

Pheasant (Common Pheasant) Phasianus colchicus

ater Rail Rallus aquaticus

Spotted Crake Porzana porzana

Little Crake Porzana parva

Corncrake Crex crex

Moorhen (Common Gallinule) Gallinula chloropus

Coot (Eurasian Coot) Fulica atra

Common Crane Grus grus

Great Bustard Otis tarda

Oystercatcher (Eurasian) Haematopus ostralegus

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Avocet (Pied Avocet) Recurvirostra avosetta

Stone Curlew (Eurasian Thick-knee) Burhinus oedicnemus

Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

Ringed Plover (Greater Ringed Plover) Charadrius hiaticula

Kentish Plover (Snowy Plover) Charadrius alexandrinus

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