Birds to See in Mongolia in January
38 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
38 bird species on our list for Mongolia are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Raven, Carrion Crow and Great Tit. New this month: Hen Harrier, Goldeneye, Merlin and Rough-legged Hawk and 1 more.
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(23)Present outside the breeding season
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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