Birds to See in Mongolia in March
54 bird species on our list for Mongolia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Horned Lark, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Raven, Rock Dove and Ruddy Shelduck. New this month: Mallard, Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Skylark and Whooper Swan and 12 more.
On the move in March
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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 54 birds in March
54 birds
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 5.38% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.72% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Mar
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentCommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.54% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.92% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.44% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.17% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.12% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.10% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.08% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.94% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.94% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.85% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.82% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.62% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.62% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in Mar
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.53% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.41% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.39% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.34% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.34% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorCommon81–94 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.32% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorCommon68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
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