Birds to See in Mongolia in August
143 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
143 bird species on our list for Mongolia are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Ruddy Shelduck, Grey Heron and Barn Swallow. New this month: Hen Harrier, Goldcrest, Greenfinch and Wood Warbler and 9 more.
New in August13
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(107)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly May–Sep
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly May–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Phylloscopus griseolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Aug
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(22)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminataVU
Regularly Jul–Aug
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly May–Sep
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly May–Aug
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly May–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Aug
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Jun–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