Birds to See in Mongolia in April
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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Mongolia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 108 birds in April
108 birds
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.48% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.48% in Apr
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.68% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.59% in Apr
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentCommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.46% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.44% in Apr
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.38% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.37% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.33% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.28% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.13% in Apr
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.10% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.99% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.93% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.93% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.88% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.87% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.86% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.74% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.68% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorCommon81–94 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Apr
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorCommon68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Apr
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.45% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.37% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.30% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.29% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.27% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Apr
SmewMergellus albellusSummer visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.20% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.19% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusPassage migrantCommon23–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
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