This list presents the bird species of Hungary and the Western Palearctic includig some important subspecies. The English and scientific names and the position of the taxa are based on the list of www.worldbirdnames.org (Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi: 10.14344/ IOC.ML.10.2.) and the Western Palearctic List of www.bubo.org.
After logging in, you can find all the pictures of each species, all observation data of the hungarian species and some uploading statistics.
For each month we use color markings to classificate the status of the species which appeared in Hungary. Dark green for rare birds, pale green for interesting species, white for common birds.
All classifications of the gallery and of the observations are created by the administrators of birding.hu with the help of field ornithologists. The work with updating is running continously, altough it is possible that some classifications are not perfecly correct.
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California Quail | Callipepla californica |
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Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus |
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Hazel Grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | 33 |
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Western Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus |
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Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix |
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Caucasian Grouse | Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi |
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Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta |
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Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus |
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Caucasian Snowcock | Tetraogallus caucasicus |
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Caspian Snowcock | Tetraogallus caspius |
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Rock Partridge | Alectoris graeca |
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Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chukar |
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Barbary Partridge | Alectoris barbara |
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Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa |
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See-see Partridge | Ammoperdix griseogularis |
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Sand Partridge | Ammoperdix heyi |
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Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus |
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Erckel's Spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | ||||
Double-spurred Spurfowl | Pternistis bicalcaratus |
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Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | 445 |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | 468 |
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Reeves's Pheasant | Syrmaticus reevesii |
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Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | 133 |
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Golden Pheasant | Chrysolophus pictus | ||||
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Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
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Red-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis |
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European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | 492 |
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Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius |
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Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus |
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Golden Nightjar | Caprimulgus eximius |
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White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | ||||
Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica |
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African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | 249 |
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Cape Verde Swift | Apus alexandri | ||||
Common Swift | Apus apus | 1310 |
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Plain Swift | Apus unicolor |
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Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | 5 |
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Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus |
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