Birds to See in Mongolia in March
54 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(20)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(22)Present outside the breeding season
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(4)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