Birds to See in Mongolia in July
145 bird species on our list for Mongolia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Ruddy Shelduck, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Raven, Common Tern and Northern Lapwing. New this month: Temminck's Stint, Bluethroat, Merlin and Long-eared Owl and 10 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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.
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All 145 birds in July
145 birds
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.44% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.41% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.37% in Jul
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.35% in Jul
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentCommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.33% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.27% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.18% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.17% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.16% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.15% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.13% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.12% in Jul
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.05% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.04% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.03% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.02% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.00% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.94% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.93% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.92% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.88% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.84% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.83% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorCommon81–94 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.56% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorCommon68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.55% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.53% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.43% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.42% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.36% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.34% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Jul
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Jul–Aug · 0.27% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.22% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.19% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusSummer visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Jul
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantUncommon34–39 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul · 0.02% in Jul
SmewMergellus albellusSummer visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Jul · 0.01% in Jul
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