english name scientific name status Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata uncommon migrant, more common on the Tisza Lake, mainly on late autumn migration Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica uncommon migrant, more common on the Tisza Lake, mainly on late autumn migration Great Northern Diver Gavia immer vagarant Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena common migrant and scarce breeing bird, regular winter visitor in the Tisza Lake Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus rare migrant on the Hortobágy, uncommon on Tisza Lake, mainly on late autumn migration Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus common breeding bird in some of the fishponds (350 pairs), large autumn gatherings (over 1000 ex.) White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus vagrant Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus vagrant Bittern Botaurus stellaris common but secretive breeding bird in every larger reedbeds, some overwinters Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus vagrant Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis rare migrant (nowadays annual) Little Egret Egretta garzetta Great White Egret Egretta alba common breeding bird, some overwinters Grey Heron Ardea cinerea common breeding bird, some overwinters Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Black Stork Ciconia nigra rare breeding bird and common migrant during autumn migration (august-september), also regular spring migrant White Stork Ciconia ciconia Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus rare breeding bird (annual) and migrant Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor vagrant Mute Swan Cygnus olor common breeding bird Bewick s Swan Cygnus columbianus rare migrant Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus uncommon migrant Bean Goose Anser fabalis both fabalis and serrirostris are regular migrants, though in variable numbers Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrchynchus rare migrant, some bigger flocks were obsreved in the 1980's White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons common migrant Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus uncommon migrant Greylag Goose Anser anser Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus vagrant, most probably from introduced populations Canada Goose Branta canadensis vagrant Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis uncommon migrant Brent Goose Branta bernicla rare migrant; also one record of the Plae-bellied hrota subspecies Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis uncommon migrant; regular in larger goose flocks from late october - early november; usualy in small flocks Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus vagrant, most probably from introduced populations Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea rare migrant Shelduck Tadorna tadorna uncommon migrant; now breeding only a few kilometers away from the region Wigeon Anas penelope common migrant Gadwall Anas strepera common migrant and uncommon breeding bird Teal Anas crecca common migrant Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis vagrant Mallard Anas platyrchynchos Pintail Anas acuta common migrant and rare breeding bird Garganey Anas querquedula Shoveler Anas clypeata common migrant and uncommon breeding bird Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris vagrant Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina uncommon migrant and rare breeding bird Pochard Aythya ferina Ferrugineous Duck Aythya nyroca
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula common migrant and rare breeding bird Scaup Aythya marila uncommon migrant Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis vagrant Common Eider Somateria mollissima vagrant Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis rare migrant Common Scoter Melanitta nigra rare migrant Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca rare migrant on the Hortobágy, uncommon on Tisza Lake, mainly on late autumn migration Goldeneye Bucephala clangula common migrant Smew Mergus albellus common migrant Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator uncommon migrant Goosander Mergus merganser rare migrant Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis vagrant White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala vagrant Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus uncommon migrant; uncommon breeding bird in Debrecen Great Wood Black Kite Milvus migrans uncommon migrant (+ summer visitor) and rare breeding bird Red Kite Milvus milvus rare winter visitor White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla common migrant and uncommon breeding bird Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus vagrant Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus vagrant Black Vulture Aegypius monachus vagrant; only old records from the first half of the 20th century Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus uncommon migrant (+summer visitor) Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus common migrant and winter visitor Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus uncommon migrant (April; September) Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus un Goshawk Accipiter gentilis un Sparrohawk Accipiter nisus common migrant; rare breeding bird in Debrecen Great Wood Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes vagrant; formerly rare breeding bird in Debrecen Great Wood (1960's) Buzzard Buteo buteo common breeding bird Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus uncommon migrant (+ summer visitor) and rare breeding bird Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus uncommon migrant (+ winter visitor) Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina uncommon migrant Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga rare migrant (annual), some overwinter year by year in the very same area Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis rare migrant (+ summer visitor) Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca uncommon migrant Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos rare migrant (annual) Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus rare migrant (+ summer visitor) Osprey Pandion haliaetus uncommon migrant Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni vagrant Kestrel Falco tinnunculus common breeding bird Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus ; breeds in colonies and gather in large pre-migration flocks (regularly over 1000 ind.) from late august Merlin Falco columbarius uncommon migrant (+winter visitor) Hobby Falco subbuteo Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae vagrant Saker Falco cherrug un, some overwinters Peregrine Falco peregrinus common migrant Partridge Perdix perdix uncommon breeding bird Quail Coturnix coturnix common, but secretive breeding bird and migrant Pheasant Phasianus colchicus common breeding bird Water Rail Rallus aquaticus ; some overwinters Spotted Crake Porzana porzana un Little Crake Porzana parva Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla rare and irregular breeding bird Corncrake Crex crex uncommon migrant and irregular breeding bird Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Crane Grus grus common migrant; sometimes the peak number (usualy in ocotober) is over 100.000 individual Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo vagrant
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax vagrant; historically it bred in small numbers Great Bustard Otis tarda uncommon breeding bird Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus uncommon migrant Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus un Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola uncommon migrant and rare breeding bird Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni vagrant; very rare breeding bird Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius common migrant and uncommon breeding bird Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula common migrant Killdeer Charadrius vociferus vagrant Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus rare visitor and rare breeding bird Dotterel Charadrius morinellus uncommon migrant (late August - October) Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva vagrant Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria common migrant; mainly in early spring Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola common migrant Sociable Plover Chettusia gregaria vagrant White-tailed Plover Chettusia leucura vagrant Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Knot Calidris canutus uncommon migrant Sanderling Calidris alba uncommon migrant Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla vagrant Little Stint Calidris minuta common migrant Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii common migrant White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis vagrant Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos rare migrant Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea common migrant Dunlin Calidris alpina common migrant Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus vagrant Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus uncommon migrant Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis vagrant Ruff Philomachus pugnax common migrant and rare breeding bird Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus uncommon migrant Snipe Gallinago gallinago Great Snipe Gallinago media uncommon migrant Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus vagrant Woodcock Scolopax rusticola uncommon migrant Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica uncommon migrant Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus common migrant Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris vagrant; last recorded in 1996 Curlew Numenius arquata common migrant Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus common migrant Redshank Tringa totanus Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis uncommon migarnt (April; August) Greenshank Tringa nebularia common migrant Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes vagrant Green Sandpiper Tringa ocropus common migrant Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola common migrant Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus rare migrant (annual) Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos common migrant Turnstone Arenaria interpres uncommon migrant Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus uncommon migrant (May; August) Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius rare migrant Wilson' Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor vagrant (near the southern border of Horotbágy) Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus rare migrant Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus rare migrant (annual) Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus vagrant Great Skua Stercorarius skua vagrant Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus rare migrant (annual)
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus uncommon migrant and rare breeding bird Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan vagrant Little Gull Larus minutus common migrant Sabine's Gull Larus sabini vagrant Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Slender-billed Gull Larus genei vagrant Common Gull Larus canus common migrant (+ winter visitor) Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus uncommon migrant Herring Gull Larus argentatus rare migrant Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahelis common migrant Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans common migrant and uncommon breeding bird Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus vagrant Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus rare migrant Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla rare migrant Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica uncommon migrant (+ summer visitor) Caspian Tern Sterna caspia uncommon migrant Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis vagrant Common Tern Sterna hirundo Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea vagrant Little Tern Sterna albifrons uncommon migrant and rare breeding bird Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus Black Tern Chlidonias niger White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus common migrant and irregular breeding bird Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus vagrant Feral Pigeon Columba livia f. domestica common breeding bird Stock Dove Columba oenas common migrant (+ winter visitor) Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto common breeding bird Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Barn Owl Tyto alba common breeding bird Scops Owl Otus scops uncommon migrant and rare breeding bird Eagle Owl Bubo bubo vagrant Little Owl Athene noctua common breeding bird Tawny Owl Strix aluco rare breeidng bird; uncommon breeding bird in Debrcen Great Wood Long-eared Owl Asio otus (+ winter visitor) Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus uncommon migrant (+ winter visitor) and irregular breeding bird Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus vagrant Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus rare migrant and breeding bird; uncommon breeding bird in Debrecen Great Wood Swift Apus apus common migrant; they breed in Debrecen Kingfisher Alcedo atthis common migrant and rare breeding bird European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Roller Coracias garrulus Hoopoe Upupa epops Wryneck Jynx torquilla Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus uncommon migrant (+ winter visitor) Green Woodpecker Picus viridis common breeding bird Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius common breeding bird; especially in Debrecen Great Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major common breeding bird Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus common breeding bird Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius rare visitor and breeding bird; common in Debrecen Great Wood Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor uncommon breeding bird Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra vagrant Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla rare breeding bird (north from the Hortobágy) and migrant Crested Lark Galerida cristata common breeding bird Woodlark Lullula arborea uncommon migrant Skylark Alauda arvensis Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris rare migrant Sand Martin Riparia riparia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
House Martin Delichon urbica Richard s Pipit Anthus richardi vagrant Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis common migrant Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus common migrant (May; September) Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta common migrant (+ winter visitor) Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola rare migrant Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea uncommon migrant Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus rare migrant and irregular winter visitor Dipper Cinclus cinclus vagrant Wren Troglodytes troglodytes common migrant (+ winter visitor); breeding bird in Debrecen Great Wood Dunnock Prunella modularis common migrant Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris vagrant Robin Erithacus rubecula Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia uncommon migrant Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus uncommon migrant; scarce breeding bird in Debrecen Great Wood Whinchat Saxicola rubetra common migrant and uncommon breeding bird Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti vagrant Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis vagrant Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus uncommon migrant (April) Blackbird Turdus merula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris common migrant (+ winter visitor) Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus common migrant (+ winter visitor) Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus common migrant Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia un River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis un Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Moustached Warbler Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon Acrocephalus paludicola un un; up to 706 singing male hold territory mainly in the sout-western part of the Hortobágy; extremely difficult to find outside the breeding season Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola vagrant Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida rare migrant Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina uncommon migrant Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria un Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Whitethroat Sylvia communis Garden Warbler Sylvia borin uncommon migrant Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus vagrant Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus vagrant; Debercen Great Wood only Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix common migrant Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus common migrant Goldcrest Regulus regulus comon migrant (+ winter visitor) Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus uncommon migrant Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva uncommon migrant (May; August-September)
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis rare migrant; common breeder in Debrecen Great Wood Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca common migrant Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus common breeding bird Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus common breeding bird; especially in Debrecen Great Wood Marsh Tit Parus palustris rare visitor; common breeding bird in Deberecn Great Wood Willow Tit Parus montanus rare migrant Coal Tit Parus ater uncommon migrant; uncommon breeding bird in Debrecen Great Wood Blue Tit Parus caeruleus Great Tit Nuthatch Parus major Sitta europaea un (+ winter visitor); common breeding bird in Debrecen Great Wood Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria vagrant Treecreeper Certhia familiaris common migrant (+ winter visitor) Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla rare visitor; common breeding bird in Debrecen Great Wood Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor common migrant (+ winter visitor) Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica common breeding bird Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes rare migrant Jackdaw Corvus monedula common breeding bird Rook Corvus frugilegus ; huge flocks in winter Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix common breeding bird Raven Corvus corax uncommon migrant and rare breeding bird Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus rare migrant (annual) and irregular rare breedibg bird House Sparrow Passer domesticus common breeding bird Tree Sparrow Passer montanus common breeding bird Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Brambling Fringilla montifringilla common igrant (+ winter visitor) Serin Serinus serinus Greenfinch Carduelis chloris common breeding bird Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis common breeding bird Siskin Carduelis spinus uncommon migrant (+ winter visitor) Linnet Carduelis cannabina Twite Redpoll Carduelis flavirostris Carduelis flammea uncommon migrant (+ winter visitor) uncommon migrant (+ winter visitor); in some years quite numerous; cabaret subspecies is a very rare vagrant Crossbill Loxia curvirostra rare migrant; uncommon migrant (+ winter visitor) in Debrecen Great Wood Scarlet Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus vagrant Bullfinch Hawfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Coccothraustes coccothraustes common migrant (+ winter visitor) ; especially numerous in Debrecen Great Wood Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus uncommon migrant (+ rare winter visitor) Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis uncommon migrant (+ winter visitor); large numbers in some years Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Rock Bunting Emberiza cia vagrant Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana vagrant Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla vagrant Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala vagrant Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra