Milvus milvus milvus - 
Red Kite 
vörös kánya
● As a scavanger, the species gets little natural food in Hungary, so it is mostly found around garbage dumps, but still a rare bird. Its special diet limits its wider distribution range.
● More common in the Southern and Southwestern regions, the most famous gathering site of our Red Kites is at the village of Sitke, where a large garbage dump in a forestral area provides them a constant source of food and a safe place.
Bombycilla garrulus garrulus - Bohemian Waxwing csonttollú
● They nest in the boreal forests and peat bogs of Fennoscandia and Siberia and are generally rare vagrants, present in small numbers during the winter season.
● If a population boom occurs in a rich (lots of food) year in their breeding ground, and then the following year the food supply is poor, their huge invasion forces will set off to surrounding areas that have not been visited for years, such as the more Southern and Western parts of Europe. The size and the extent of these long range invasions are variable annually, sometimes other factors play role as well, and many factors are still unknown.
● We have worse and we have better years. The latest invasion peaks were in the years of 2024, 2013, 2008 and 2006. These peaks usually last from December of the previous year to the end of March of the current year.
● Except these peak seasons, the species in the region is only accidental and very sporadic in winter.
Himantopus himantopus himantopus - Back-winged Stilt gólyatöcs
● A common nesting species in less disturbed areas, of which it is also one of the loudest and fiercest defenders during the breeding season.
Circaetus gallicus gallicus - Short-toed Eagle kígyászölyv
● Not common, but widespread everywhere from spring to autumn.
● Usually soars in the sky alone and searches for food from above. Supposedly, it is able to spot its prey from a height of 1.500 feet (~450 m).
Emberiza citrinella citrinella - Yellowhammer citromsármány
● ssp citrinella: Western European race to Poland-Hungary.
● ssp erythrogenys: race from Romania-Ukraine-Belarus-Baltics to Mongolia. Paler and less streaked, brighter yellow on throat, more white on end of feathers, brighter chestnut on breast and on flanks.
● The differences are not clear, but I think the western birds are a little bit darker in general tone, and the eastern race is a bit paler but also has some brighter colors in the same time.
● The situation is further complicated due to the large overlapping of distribution ranges of the 2 supspecies, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, and due to the fact that the species is short-range migratory. The western subspecies is more or less sedentary, the eastern is partially travels to SW.
● In summary, I don't really think that clear subspecies could be differentiate in Hungary, but I presume we have more nominates here or at least more genes from the nominate lineages.
● 'Erythrogenys' means 'reddish faced' given by CL Brehm in 1855 (he was the father of the famous Alfred Brehm), but this is not a consistent feature in the subspecies (examle from iNat).
- The description is actually a supplement paragraph in p414 to the main taxon described in p113.
- Maybe it is also worth to note that CL Brehm mentioned the nominate taxon here as 'our larger one' in this description (source, p414):
- 'Nach Emberiza citinella, S. 113, muß stehen: Der rothwangige Goldammer. Emberiza erythrogenys, Brm. (Ember. Citrinella, auct.) Unserm größten Goldammer ähnlich, aber etwas weniger schön, mit weißlichen Flügel-binden, rostrothem Kinne und solchen Backen- und Augestreifen bei'm Männchen. Bei Sarepta.'
- The short final sentence 'Bei Sarepta.' means that the specimen was collected in Sarepta, which is located in the Volgograd oblast of russia. 
Gyps fulvus fulvus - Eurasian Griffon Vulture fakó keselyű
● A rare, but annual vagrant.
● Mostly juvenile and subadult birds become adventorous and try to find new territories for living. Unfortunately, our climate is not suitable for them. Their closest stronghold is in the archipelago of Croatia (~500 km).
● The immature birds in the picture were trying to warm up a little on top of a factory chimney in Budapest in the cold and windy autumn weather. Birds have been found by Balázs Szelényi, 3rd Oct 2016. They stayed here for 3 days.
Galerida cristata cristata - Crested Lark búbos pacsirta
● cristata / tenuirostris
Pernis apivorus. - European Honey Buzzard darázsölyv
● Hungary lies along one of their migration routes, but they also breeds here (~1000 pairs).
● It's not the honey they want from the hives, but the nutritous larvae of bees and wasps.
● In addition to the physical protection ofdense and strong scale-like feathers on the head, Honey Buzzards also have a chemical shield against the attack of angry hymenopteran defenders: the uropygial gland can produce certain components that are spread everywhere during preening, and these - among many other useful properties - can also repel insects. Short-chain (C6-C10) aldehydes are believed to serve as general avian repellents in other birds, the exact compounds are not yet known (source).
Podiceps nigricollis nigricollis - Black-necked Grebe feketenyakú vöcsök
● As its name suggests, its breeding plumage is mainly distinguished by its black neck from the similar-looking Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus). The latter has red neck and breast.
● Other differences: Slavonian Grebe has orange crests only above the eyes, like 'horns'. Black-necked Grebe often has a conehead made of black feathers. The Slavoinan Grebe is uncommon in Hungary.
● The name 'Slavonian Grebe' is just a typo actually: it was written originally as 'Sclavonian Grebe', in which Sclavonia is the main breeding area of the species in Northern Prussia (inhabited by the Skalvian people, today parts of Lithuania and Kaliningrad oblast).
● American nomenclature is trying to clarify the chaos in these names:
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P. nigricollis - Black-necked Grebe - 
Eared Grebe - feketenyakú vöcsök
- P. auritus - Slavonian Grebe - Horned Grebe - füles vöcsök
Oriolus oriolus oriolus - Eurasian Golden Oriole sárgarigó
● Widepsread breeder everywhere from May to August. Easy to hear, harder to see in the high canopy.
Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis - Western Black Redstart házi rozsdafarkú
● A very common bird in suburban and even urban environments.
Phylloscopus sibilatrix. - Wood Warbler sisegő füzike
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Linaria flavirostris flavirostris - Twite sárgacsőrű kenderike
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Pica pica pica - Common Magpie szarka
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Mergus merganser merganser - Goosander nagy bukó
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Turdus viscivorus viscivorus - Mistle Thrush léprigó
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Cuculus canorus canorus - Common Cuckoo kakukk
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Lophophanes cristatus mitratus - Crested Tit búbos cinege
● cristatus / mitratus
Trichodroma muraria muraria - Wallcreeper hajnalmadár
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Oenanthe pleschanka. - Pied Wheatear apácahantmadár
● This was a unique apperance of the species in Hungary in 2019, found in a pasture near the airport of Kecskemét (Renáta Bártfai, 9th June 2019), the bird spent 2 weeks here.
● The habitat was a grassy pasture with upturned stumps and higher weeds. Many Northern Wheatears were on this scene, too. On the other hand, he was afraid of the Common Starlings following the cattle and hid in the grass when they were nearby.
● Next year the same bird came back to the very same place, and stayed for 2 weeks again.
● No more appearence since then.
Cygnus olor. - Mute Swan bütykös hattyú
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Gavia arctica arctica - Black-throated Diver (Arctic Loon) sarki búvár
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Ardea purpurea purpurea - Purple Heron vörös gém
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Hippolais icterina. - Icterine Warbler kerti geze
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Hippolais pallida elaeica - Eastern Olivaceous Warbler halvány geze
● hosszú hang
Merops apiaster. - European Bee-eater gyurgyalag
● One of our common birds most associated with the summer season and hot days.
Falco vespertinus. - Red-footed Falcon kék vércse
● Uncommon, but nests in some well-hidden places of the Eastern part of the country.
● The steppes ('puszta') of the Great Hungarian Plain ('Alföld') provides them a suitable habitat.
● Breeds in mixed colonies with Rooks in their abandoned nests, nowadays also in other corvids. Artifical nest boxes are also accepted.
● A long-distance migrant. From Southern Africa to whole area of the Eurasain Great Steppes.
Clangula hyemalis. - Long-tailed Duck jegesréce
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Pastor roseus. - Rosy Starling pásztormadár
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Garrulus glandarius glandarius - Eurasian Jay szajkó
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Cyanistes cyanus cyanus - Azure Tit lazúrcinege
● A unique and very first appearence of this mostly Asian species in Hungary (Fehér-tó, Szeged, Csaba Barkóczi, 18th Nov 2018).
● The bird remained at the site for a month. The habitat was canals and fishponds surrounded by dense reeds and some trees.
Turdus merula merula - Common Blackbird fekete rigó
● One of our most common urban birds.
Plegadis falcinellus falcinellus - Glossy Ibis batla
● Not common but can be found in less disturbed wetlands. Mainly in small groups.
Grus virgo. - Demoiselle Crane pártás daru
● A very rare bird from Asia.
● Only 6 vagrant birds have been spotted in Hungary so far.
Ardea alba alba - Great Egret nagy kócsag
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Scolopax rusticola. - Eurasian Woodcock erdei szalonka
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Fringilla montifringilla. - Brambling fenyőpinty
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Lullula arborea arborea - Wood Lark erdei pacsirta
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Emberiza calandra calandra - Corn Bunting sordély
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Streptopelia turtur turtur - Eurasian Turtle Dove vadgerle
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Upupa epops epops - Hoopoe búbosbanka
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Streptopelia orientalis orientalis - Oriental Turtle Dove keleti gerle
● Very rare vagrant from Eastern Asia.
● Being a gregarious bird, it most often finds its safety in flocks of common local doves (S. decaocto).
● The Hungarian Committee of Rare Birds did not accept one of the 4 records of this species in the country, as the committee considered it probable that it could not have entered the country naturally, but rather it could have been an escapee from pigeon breeders.
● It strongly resembles to, but it also differs from European Turtle Dove (S. turtur turtur) in some field markers: Oriental Turtle Dove is bulky and larger in size and darker in overall plumage color (ETD is slender and light), no bare skin around eyes (ETD has), wider wings in flight, more scaly and more rusty wing pattern, nape is reddish (grey in ETD), breast is deeper vinous-purple. ETD prefers to stay in open areas in low number flocks or in pairs, OTD seeks woods in larger flocks. So far, all OTD-s have been found in Hungary in winter, ETD is stricty migratory (May-Sept).
Circus aeruginosa aeruginosa - Western Marsh Harrier barna rétihéja
● kiskép tükör
Anas acuta acuta - Northern Pintail nyílfarkú réce
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Locustella fluviatilis. - River Warbler berki tücsökmadár
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Saxicola rubetra. - Whinchat rozsdás csuk
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Lanius senator senator - Woodchat Shrike vörösfejű gébics
● A rare passage vagrant in our summer season, we have 1-2 observations almost annually.
● According to Wikipedia, the migrating birds often overshoots their goals and find themselves over their Mediterranean breeding ground.
Passer domesticus domesticus - House Sparrow házi veréb
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Corvus corax corax - Common Raven holló
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Motacilla flava thunbergi - Grey.headed Wagtail északi billegető
● hortobágyos kép nem jobb? 800m
Turdus pilaris. - Fieldfare fenyőrigó
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Gavia stellata. - Red-throated Diver északi búvár
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Luscinia megarhynchos megarhynchos - Common Nightingale fülemüle
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Vanellus gregarius. - Sociable Lapwing lilebíbic
● Rare vagrant, but one or two birds spotted annually, especially in autumn.
● Mostly tries to blend into huge flocks of Northern Lapwings.
● Map is from Wikipedia.
Prunella montanella montanella - Siberian Accentor szibériai szürkebegy
● The one and only known appearence of the species in Hungary (found by Lídia Molnár, Surány, 18th January 2017).
● Stayed at the site about 10 days, it was mainly looking for the company of Dunnocks.
● The site was a specific habitat: a labyrinth of upturned stumps, tangled roots and dry branches, created by people cutting down a floodplain forest on the bank of the Danube.
● This very nice East-Asian species had a large and sudden influx towards Europe in the period of October and November in 2016, resulting some unforeseen observations in such unexpected and very distant places such as Hungary or even Great-Britain. The direction of the migrating birds was from russia to Scandinavia, then they spread to other European countries. All in all 231 birds was observed in this event in Europe. Before the influx the species was a rare vagrant in Scandinavia. And today it is again.
Cygnus cygnus. - Whooper Swan énekes hattyú
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Panurus biarmicus biarmicus - Bearded Reedling barkóscinege
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Gavia adamsii. - Yellow-billed Diver fehércsőrű búvár
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Passer montanus montanus - Eurasian Tree Sparrow mezei veréb
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Aythya niroca. - Ferruginous Duck cigányréce
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Latin - English magyar
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Sterna caspia. - Caspian Tern lócsér
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Locustella naevia naevia - Western Grasshopper-warbler réti tücsökmadár
● hang
Emberiza melanocephala. - Black-headed Bunting kucsmás sármány
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Emberiza hortulana. - Ortolan Bunting kerti sármány
● videó
Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes - Eurasian Wren ökörszem
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Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes - Spotted Nutcraker fenyőszajkó
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Turdus atrogularis. - Black-throated Thrush feketetorkú rigó
● sometimes mentioned as a subspecies of T. ruficollis (Red-throated Thrush)
Aegithalos caudatus caudatus - Long-tailed Tit öszapó
● Clearly our most photogenic bird.
● Common everywhere throughout the year, mainly the ssp europaeus with its dark lateral crownstripes.
● A short-range migrant species, during the winter season we can also see here the birds of the nominate ssp from Fennoscandia.
Poecila palustris palustris / stagnatilis ??? - Marsh Tit barátcinege
● NY-HU palustris, K-HU stagnatilis talán!!!???, kisképbe a másik
Rissa tridactyla tridactyla - Black-legged Kittiwake háromujjú csüllő
● A winter vagrant in our region, usually younger birds.
Circus macrourus. - Pallid Harrier fakó rétihéja
● nagykép csere? (Kunszentmiklós 2023.09.20.)
Cyanistes caeruleus caeruleus - Eurasian Blue Tit kék cinege
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Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis - Sandwich Tern kenti csér
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Larus michahellis michahellis - Yellow-legged Gull sárgalábú sirály
● The dominant large gull species in Hungary.
Tringa nebularia - Common Greenshank szürke cankó
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Muscicapa striata striata - Spotted Flycatcher szürke légykapó
● háttérrel mi lett !?
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Lanius excubitor excubitor - Great Grey Shrike nagy őrgébics
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Strix aluco aluco - Tawny Owl macskabagoly
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Emberiza pusilla . - Little Bunting törpesármány
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Ixobrychus minutus minutus - Little Bittern törpegém
● With a Rana tadpole
Glareola pratincola pratincola - Collared Pratincole székicsér
● talán a keletit ide kicsibe max
Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica - Gull-billed Tern kacagócsér
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Lanius collurio collurio - Red-backed Shrike tövisszúró gébics
● Our cute little butcher bird.
● Common everywhere and the most common shrike in Hungary.
Milvus migrans migrans - Black Kite barna kánya
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Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe - Northern Wheatear hantmadár
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Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax - Black-crowned Night Heron bakcsó
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Clamator glandarius. - Great Spotted Cuckoo pettyes kakukk
● This was the second known appearance of the species in Hungary (Found by Bálint Preiszner, Belső-tó, Tihany, 19th May 2023). The first data is from May of 2005, found by János Tar near Debrecen.
● The twitch in 2023, where I was lucky enough to attend, was an almost crowded event. Many people stood on the road of a little orchard and photographed the bird. Everybody waited the moment of some sort of activity, but the bird just sat there on a branch without doing anything. After most of the people left the site, the bird perked up and started to find for food, it managed to pick up some fat worms from the grass.
Sylvia borin borin - Garden Warbler kerti poszáta
● hang nyilván
Chlidonias leucopterus . - White-winged Tern fehérszárnyú szerkő
● nincs ez már fent...?
Saxicola rubicola rubicola - European Stonechat cigánycsuk
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Curruca communis communis - Common Whitethroat mezei poszáta
● hang ide is
Locustella luscinoides luscinoides - Savi's Warbler nádi tücsökmadár
● hang
Circus pygargus . - Montagu's Harrier hamvas rétihéja
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Motacilla flava flava - Yellow Wagtail sárga billegető
● ssp-k kicsibe
Phylloscopus proregulus . - Pallas's Leaf Warbler királyfüzike
● hang
Motacilla citreola citreola - Citrine Wagtail citrombillegető
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Buteo buteo buteo - Eurasian Common Buzzard egerészölyv
● As in many other places, it is the most common bird of prey in our country.
● In winter, we also have some very exotic looking vagrant variants from the North.
Serinus serinus . - European Serin csicsörke
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Platalea leucordia leucordia - Eurasian Spoonbill kanalasgém
● Our most common ibis species, of which we only have two: the Spoonbill and the uncommon Glossy Ibis.
● Hungary remains one of the main strongholds of the spoonbills as they still have large breeding populations here.
Luscinia svecica cyanecula - White-spotted Bluethroat kékbegy
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Emberiza schoeniclus stresemanni - Northern Reed Bunting nádi sármány
● itt katyvasz van az alfajokkal, lehet, hogy megvan Mo-on a nominate is
Erythacus rubecula rubecula - European Robin vörösbegy
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Fringilla coelebs coelebs - Common Chaffinch erdei pinty
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Dendrocopos syriacus syriacus - Syrian Woodpecker balkáni fakopáncs
● Less frequent as the very common Great Woodpecker, but it occurs in most places in Hungary.
● Formerly a bird of the Middle East, strated an expansion to Europe in the 19th century, nowadays its range reaches Austria, Czech R., Poland, Belarus.
Columba oenas oenas - Stock Dove kék galamb
● hang kéne ide
Ciconia ciconia ciconia - White Stork fehér gólya
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Picus viridis viridis - European Green Woodpecker zöld küllő
● Both sexes have the red cap. Males have red in their moustach, females have completely black moustach stripe.
Sitta europea caesia - Eurasian Nuthatch csuszka
● Resident and common everywhere. Vocally diverse and masterful.
Corvus frugilegus frugilegus - Rook vetési varjú
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Motacilla cinerea cinerea - Grey Wagtail hegyi billegető
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Aquila heliaca . - Imperial Eagle parlagi sas
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Emberiza cia cia - Rock Bunting bajszos sármány
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Asio otus otus - Long-eared Owl erdei fülesbagoly
● "The Owls are not what they seem."
● Long-eared Owls don't build a nest and typically breeds in abandoned nests of Rooks.
Corvus cornix cornix - Hooded Crow dolmányos varjú
● Common everywhere.
● In theory, there are 2 subspecies in Hungary: the abundant and widespread nominate cornix, and the rare sharpii with very few proofed evidence. However, the lighter color of this southern subspecies is reflected in the plumage of the Hungarian birds living in the southern border region (under the line of the following cities: Lovászi - Baláta - Sellye - Bácsszentgyörgy - Zsombó - Szeged (source)).
● The color differences between these subspecies are clinal and not evident in most cases. There is a small clinal decrease in body size, too, heading South. Northern subspecies also have somewhat more curvy bill.
● In the past, there were only 2 subspecies in Europe: cornix in the North, sardonius in the South. The latter was split into some new ones, including sharpii in the Balkans - Asia-Minor - Kazakhstan area.
● I've spent hours looking at photos of different crows on birding forums, and I still won't know the difference. But the birds in these pictures here are nominates, I'm sure based on locations.
Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis - Great Cormorant nagy kárókatona
● + pygmy
● Required and mandatory literature: Balázs Szendőfi: Közlegények - A kárókatona-per
Actitis hypoleucos. - Common Sandpiper billegetőcankó
● As its name suggests, common but only in low numbers in most habitat near water.
● Here is a rare moment when a Common Sandpiper and a White-tailed Eagle settled for a moment on the same driftwood in the shallow Danube.
Phalaropus lobatus. - Red-necked Phalarope vékonycsőrű víztaposó
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Mergus albellus. - Smew kis bukó
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Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla - Euraasian Blackcap barátposzáta
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Prunella collaris collaris - Alpine Accentor havasi szürkebegy
● videók összevágva
● Regular winter visitor in Hungary, but only in very low numbers.
Cygnus columbianus bewickii - Bewick's Tundra Swan kis hattyú
● Breeds in the far North of Siberia (from Taimyr to Kamchatka). Rare winter vagrant in Hungary.
● Sometimes mentioned as independent species, but actually a subspecies of Tundra Swan (C. c. columbianus).
● Ssp bewickii differs from the North American nominate form by its large yellow patch on its bill, as nominate has only a very tiny yellow spot at the base of its bill (source).
● Unlike the resembling Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus.), the smaller Bewick's Tundra Swan always has less yellow and more black on its bill. Another important marker is the color of the area under the nostril (adult birds): always yellow on Whooper Swan, always black on Tundra Swan.
Larus canus canus - Common Gull viharsirály
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Picus canus canus - Grey-headed Woodpecker hamvas küllő
● Its habitat is limited to our mountainous areas.
● Compared to the Green Woodpecker, the call of the Grey-headed Woodpecker is descending and also somewhat softer.
Circus cyaneus cyaneus - Hen Harrier kékes rétihéja
● 3472 és 3478 jobb képek !!!
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus - Pallas's Gull halászsirály
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Fulica atra atra - Eurasian Coot szárcsa
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Gavia immer - Great Northern Diver jeges búvár
● videó
● Gymnocephalus schraetser - selymes durbincs
Aythya fuligula - Tufted Duck kontyos réce
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Ardea cinerea cinerea - Grey Heron szürke gém
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Motacilla alba alba - White Wagtail barázdabillegető
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Xema sabini - Sabine's Gull fecskesirály
● Yes, this is my best picture...
Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris - Common Starling seregély
● hang
Anser anser rubrirostris - Greylag Goose nyári lúd
● The most numerous and the only breeding goose in the region.
● The summer resident population is supplemented by northern populations in autumn. They often also winter here among the huge flocks of our winter guests, the Greater White-fronted Geese.
● ssp rubrirostris: also called the Siberian or Eastern Greyleg Goose. Their bill are less yellowish-orangish tinted in color, and have a somewhat lighter plumage than their close relatives in the West.
Coccothraustes coccothraustes - Hawfinch, meggyvágó
Regulus ignicapillus - Common Firecrest, tüzesfejű királyka
Lymnocryptes minimus (left) - Jack Snipe, kis sárszalonka
Gallinago gallinago (right) - Common Snipe, sárszalonka
Anser serrirostris rossicus - Tundra Bean Goose, tundralúd
● ssp rossicus:
Alcedo atthis ispida - Common Kingfisher, jégmadár
Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis - Great Cormorant, nagy kárókatona
fishing group of Great Cormorants (Hortobágy-halastó)
● ssp sinensis:
Phalacrocorax pygmaeus - Pygmy Cormorant, kis kárókatona
Sterna hirundo - Common Tern, küszvágó csér
Jynx torquilla - Eurasian Wryneck, nyaktekercs
+ a jumping alien from the left
Podiceps cristatus - Great Crested Grebe, búbos vöcsök
Limosa limosa - Black-tailed Godwit, nagy goda
Philomachus pugnax - Ruff, pajzsoscankó
Stercorarius parasiticus - Parasitic Jäger, ékfarkú halfarkas
Carpodacus erythrinus - Common Rosefinch, karmazsinpirók
● rare spring and summer migrant, breeds on special sites
Pelecanus onocrotalus - Great White Pelican, rózsás gödény
● rare visitor on fishponds from the Balkans
Dendrocopos leucotos - White-backed Woodpecker, fehérhátú fakopáncs
● breeds in some special and protected habitats
Aix galericulata - Mandarin Duck, mandarinréce
Turdus torquatus alpestris - Ring Ouzel, örvös rigó
● ssp alpestris:
