Hungary Ramsar wetland
Upper Kiskunság alkaline steppes
211 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Derzsi Elekes Andor · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
80 species in January.82 species in February.97 species in March.171 species in April.158 species in May.137 species in June.131 species in July.121 species in August.103 species in September.103 species in October.89 species in November.60 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
211 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).
- 211Speciesrecorded more than once
- 132Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 12,253Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 95 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 20Raptors
- 3Owls
- 27Waders
- 10Gulls & seabirds
- 20Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 86Songbirds
- 28Other 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 211 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Waders27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
Ducks & geese20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds86 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great titParus major
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Other birds28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Great bustardOtis tarda
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- CootFulica atra
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European SwiftApus apus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°37 mm
- Feb5°/-3°42 mm
- Mar11°/0°39 mm
- Apr18°/6°36 mm
- May23°/11°63 mm
- Jun27°/16°74 mm
- Jul30°/18°65 mm
- Aug30°/17°59 mm
- Sep24°/12°56 mm
- Oct17°/6°50 mm
- Nov10°/2°42 mm
- Dec3°/-3°43 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Upper Kiskunság alkaline steppes.
Protected area in Hungary
Upper Kiskunság alkaline steppes is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Hungary.
211 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 12,253 open records.
The most recorded are the Hooded Crow, the Common Kestrel and the Rook.
84 species come for the summer, 42 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Red-footed Falcon, European Turtle Dove and Eastern Imperial Eagle.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Zarándokszállásplace to stay · 6.4 km · 3 within 10 km
- Kunszentmiklósnearest town · 4.8 km in a straight line
- Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 41 km in a straight lineCar hire at BUD airport (Budapest)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
- 3bird hides within 6 km2. madár-megfigyelő torony, 1. madár-megfigyelő torony, Túzok-les Kilátó
- 2observation towers within 6 kmKilátó, Túzok-les Kilátó
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmKilátó
- 3places to stay within 10 kmZarándokszállás, Kiskun Vendégház, Hajós-kastély
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 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 Upper Kiskunság alkaline steppes.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmKakashalom · 8.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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- 211Species
- 132Migrants
- 7Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q60763962) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 12,253 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 | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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