Bird AlbumMongolia · Province of Umnugobi
Khongorin Els
154 species and 2,364 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June and August, with up to 50 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 154 species recorded here
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Kozlov's Accentor Prunella koslowi
- Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus davidianus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Khongorin Els?
May–June and August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 50 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Khongorin Els?
154 species, from 2,364 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.