Hungary Ramsar wetland
Hortobágy National Park
276 bird species recorded; the most in May and from September to October.
Original uploader was user:Lily15 at hu.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
98 species in January.100 species in February.145 species in March.202 species in April.220 species in May.185 species in June.194 species in July.202 species in August.218 species in September.203 species in October.138 species in November.76 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
276 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 276Speciesrecorded more than once
- 177Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 14ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 43,416Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 94 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 21Raptors
- 6Owls
- 41Waders
- 21Gulls & seabirds
- 34Ducks & geese
- 19Herons, ibises & grebes
- 4Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 97Songbirds
- 32Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 276 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
Owls6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Waders41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostris
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Gulls & seabirds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Little TernSternula albifrons
Ducks & geese34 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
Herons, ibises & grebes19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
Storks & cranes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
Songbirds97 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaVU
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
Other birds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Great bustardOtis tarda
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in May and from September to October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-5°35 mm
- Feb5°/-4°38 mm
- Mar11°/0°39 mm
- Apr18°/6°40 mm
- May23°/11°63 mm
- Jun27°/16°75 mm
- Jul30°/17°75 mm
- Aug30°/17°53 mm
- Sep24°/12°52 mm
- Oct17°/6°47 mm
- Nov10°/1°44 mm
- Dec3°/-3°44 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Hortobágy National Park.
National park of Hungary
Hortobágy National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Hungary.
276 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 43,416 open records.
The most recorded are the Great White Egret, the Greylag Goose and the Grey Heron.
115 species come for the summer, 56 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
14 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Red-footed Falcon and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in May and from September to October.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Ökotúra Vendégház** és Kemping**campsite · 2.1 km · 1 within 10 km
- Hortobágyi Kemencés Vendégházplace to stay · 1.2 km · 6 within 10 km
- Hortobágynearest town · 1.4 km in a straight line
- Debrecen International Airport (DEB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 km in a straight lineCar hire at DEB airport (Debrecen)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 12bird hides within 6 kmVidra torony, madárles, Madár megyfigyelő torony and 9 more
- 11observation towers within 6 kmSóvirág Vendégház, Kungyörgyi torony, Vidra torony and 8 more
- 4visitor centres within 6 kmHortobágyi Természetvédelmi és Génmegőrző Nonprofit Kft., HNP Látogatóközpont, HNP Belépőkártya árusítás and 1 more
- 5viewpoints within 5 kmKungyörgyi torony and 4 more
- 14car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmÖkotúra Vendégház** és Kemping**
- 6places to stay within 10 kmHortobágyi Kemencés Vendégház, Sasfészek, Sóvirág Vendégház and 3 more
- marked trails within 4 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Hortobágy National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas4 lakes within 15 kmHortobágyi víztároló1.3 km² · 2.6 kmBorsosi-tó0.8 km² · 3.3 kmKun György-tó0.9 km² · 5.5 kmFertő-laposi-tő2.9 km² · 11 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyHortobágy-Berettyó167 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Hortobágy National Park
Hungary
- 88Birdyas Score
- 276Species
- 177Migrants
- 14Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61757) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 43,416 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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