Common Birds in Mongolia
Our list for Mongolia has 101 common birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 63 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Mongolia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 101, most common first
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Sep
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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