Bird AlbumMongolia · Khovd Province
Khar-Us Lake
176 species and 2,754 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July, with up to 80 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Khar Chuluut Valley, Jargalant Mountain, Mankhan, Khovd, MN59 km119 species
- Khovd Bird Ringing Station, Khovd, MN64 km243 species
All 176 species recorded here
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Tit Parus major
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Khar-Us Lake?
June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 80 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Khar-Us Lake?
176 species, from 2,754 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.