Birds to See in Mongolia in August
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.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
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 143 birds in August
143 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.43% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.33% in Aug
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentCommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.19% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.17% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.14% in Aug
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.13% in Aug
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.07% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.05% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.02% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.99% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.99% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.96% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.87% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.83% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.80% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.77% in Aug
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorCommon81–94 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Aug
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.70% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.63% in Aug
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusSummer visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.61% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.51% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Aug
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.49% in Aug
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorCommon68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.45% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Aug
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.20% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.07% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug · 0.07% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
SmewMergellus albellusSummer visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Aug
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantRare23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
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