Crows & Jays in Mongolia
Our list for Mongolia has 9 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mongolia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–May
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantUncommon34–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusScarceRare36–39 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Alpine Chough 36–39 cm
- Red-billed Chough 39–43 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Carrion Crow 45–47 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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