Birds to See in Mongolia in December
46 bird species on our list for Mongolia are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Magpie, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Carrion Crow and Great Tit. New this month: Dipper, Treecreeper, Long-eared Owl and Fieldfare and 6 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
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.
Other months
All 46 birds in December
46 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.46% in Dec
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 5.52% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 5.37% in Dec
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 4.79% in Dec
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jun · 3.93% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Dec
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentCommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.68% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Dec
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.13% in Dec
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.01% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.92% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.86% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.83% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.37% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.31% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.28% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.16% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.85% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.73% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.70% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.67% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.67% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.55% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.46% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.37% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec · 0.30% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Dec
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.21% in Dec
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in 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