Birds
The avifauna is astonishingly rich, masses of water-birds, small song birds and rare birds of prey are provided with habitat here – more than two hundred species of them live and hatch in Szigetköz. There are larger and smaller colonies of herons (with common herons Ardea cinerea, purple heronsArdea purpurea, little egretsEgretta garzetta, night herons Nycticorax nycticorax), the black stork Ciconia nigra nests in the more hidden places, several duck species (ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca, garganey Anas querquedula, shoveler Anas clypeata, mallard Anas platyrhynchos) can be seen on the water.At national level, the project sub-site belongs to the important breeding places of black kite Milvus migrans and Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus. A significant proportion of national populations breeds here little crake Porzana parva, common kingfisher Alcedo atthis, long-eared owl Asio otus and black woodpecker Dryocopus martius. The project sub-site is an important international migration corridor, especially for water birds. The project sub-site is important at regional level as breeding site of several bird species – mostly living in woods and at water: great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos, European honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus, middle spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos medius, collared flycatcher Ficedulla albicollis and spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata.
