The world's heaviest flying bird â males displaying on the Puszta in April, with tail fanned and neck inflated in a white foam bubble, is one of Europe's greatest wildlife spectacles.
Hungary maintains one of Europe's strongest Saker breeding populations â nesting on electricity pylons and cliff faces throughout the northeast, and hunted with in traditional falconry.
One of Europe's most majestic eagles â Hungary has made extraordinary conservation efforts, with the breeding population growing from 10 pairs to 70+ over 30 years.
Hungary is one of the last European strongholds â the vivid blue body and orange-brown back make it unmistakable on wires and posts across the eastern grasslands.
Nests in old Rook colonies on the Puszta â post-breeding flocks of hundreds gather in August before migrating south, hunting insects over grasslands.
One of Europe's most threatened passerines â this streaky marsh warbler breeds in Hungary's wet sedge meadows, now reduced to a tiny fraction of former range.
Unlike the familiar White Stork, the Black Stork is a shy forest bird nesting in ancient oak and beech forests in Hungary's northern highlands.
Nests in large mixed heronries at HortobĂĄgy's famous fishponds â sweeping the spatula bill through shallow water in tight groups to herd small fish.
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