Finches in Mongolia
Our list for Mongolia has 13 finches recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
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 13, most common first
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- Twite 13–14 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Desert Finch 13–14 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- Bullfinch 15–17 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Hawfinch 17–18 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