Birds to See in Mongolia in April
108 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
108 bird species on our list for Mongolia are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Ruddy Shelduck, Common Raven, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Mallard and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Wheatear, Barn Swallow, Hen Harrier and Taiga Bean Goose and 55 more.
New in April59
- Wheatear
- Barn Swallow
- Hen Harrier
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Great Cormorant
- Little Ringed Plover
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Hoopoe
- Pochard
- Green Sandpiper
- Northern Shoveler
- Common Sandpiper
- Tufted Duck
- Common Shelduck
- Common Swift
- Coot
- Grey Wagtail
- Redshank
- Chiffchaff
- Great Crested Grebe
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Sand Martin
- Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Garganey
- Water Pipit
- Greylag Goose
- Bluethroat
- Avocet
- Black Redstart
- Common Snipe
- Dusky Thrush
- Common Starling
- Great White Egret
- Common Crane
- Kentish Plover
- Long-eared Owl
- Red-crested Pochard
- Booted Eagle
- White-tailed Sea-eagle
- Chukar
- Crag Martin
- Tundra Swan
- Buzzard
- Mandarin Duck
- Common Gull
- Greenfinch
- Bearded Tit
- Yellow Wagtail
- Smew
- Great Grey Shrike
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Common Redstart
- Little Grebe
- Moorhen
- Peregrine Falcon
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Short-toed Lark
- Osprey
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(70)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(17)Present outside the breeding season
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made