Mongolia · Bayankhongor Province
Boon Tsagan Nuur
227 species and 8,754 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 147 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 227 species recorded here
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Kozlov's Accentor Prunella koslowi
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Boon Tsagan Nuur?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 147 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Boon Tsagan Nuur?
227 species, from 8,754 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.