Birds of Mongolia
430 species recorded at 33 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Great TitParus major
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis
Siberian Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxMost recorded
Black KiteMilvus migrans
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
Common PochardAythya ferina
GadwallMareca strepera
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common TernSterna hirundoHotspots with the most records
- Ugii Lake, Ugiinuur, Arkhangai, MNArkhangai Province220 species
- Khurkh Bird Ringing Station, Khentii, MNKhentii Province226 species
- Khovd Bird Ringing Station, Khovd, MNKhovd Province243 species
- Gun Galuut NRUlaanbaatar222 species
- Boon Tsagan NuurBayankhongor Province227 species
- Mongolica Resort, UB, MNUlaanbaatar191 species
- Bayan Lake, Bayannuur, Bulgan, MNBulgan Province170 species
- Yolyn Am, Umnugobi, MNProvince of Umnugobi187 species
- Gakhai Khoshuu, Buir Lake, Dornod, MNDornod Province223 species
- Swan Pond, UB, MNUlaanbaatar170 species
- Chukh lake, Dashbalbar, Dornod, MNDornod Province219 species
- Kholboolj Lake, Bogd, Bayankhongor, MNBayankhongor Province149 species
All 33 hotspots
- Takhilt Lake, Elsen Tasarkhai, Rashaant, Bulgan, MNBulgan Province125 species
- Khurkh Valley, Khentii, MNKhentii Province168 species
- Nogoon nuurUlaanbaatar184 species
- Khar-Us LakeKhovd Province176 species
- Gorkhi Terelj National Park, MNTöv Province154 species
- Hustai NP, Argalant, Tuv, MNTöv Province177 species
- Orog NuulBayankhongor Province189 species
- Tashgai Lake, Dornod, MNDornod Province158 species
- Dalangiin bulag, Dalandzadagad city, Ömnögovi, MNProvince of Umnugobi173 species
- Steppe Nomads Camp, Gun Galuut NR, Khentii, MNKhentii Province168 species
- Khongorin ElsProvince of Umnugobi154 species
- Khukh lake NR, Gurvanbulag, Bayankhongor, MNBayankhongor Province115 species
- Seol ClubUlaanbaatar116 species
- Zaan Terelj River, Gorkhi Terelj National Park, MNTöv Province194 species
- Khustain Nuruu National ParkTöv Province155 species
- Marshal Bridge, Riparian Forest of Tuul River, UB, MNUlaanbaatar157 species
- Sangiin Dalai Lake, Uvurkhangai, MNÖvörkhangai Province124 species
- Khoyor modny Well, Khovsgol, Dornogovi, MNDornogovi Province92 species
- Khodoo LakeKhovd Province134 species
- Khar Chuluut Valley, Jargalant Mountain, Mankhan, Khovd, MNKhovd Province119 species
- Durgun Lake, Chandmani, Khovd, MNKhovd Province136 species
All species recorded · 430
- Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
- Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides
- Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- White-naped Crane Antigone vipio
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Hooded Crane Grus monacha
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Grey-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Great Tit Parus major
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- White-throated Bush Chat Saxicola insignis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
- Kozlov's Accentor Prunella koslowi
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus davidianus
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus