Birds to See in Mongolia in October
116 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
116 bird species on our list for Mongolia are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Common Raven, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Carrion Crow and Cinereous Vulture. New this month: Hawfinch, Bohemian Waxwing, Bullfinch and Eurasian Jay and 5 more.
New in October9
Leaving after last month50
- Common Tern
- Cuckoo
- Little Ringed Plover
- Hoopoe
- White-winged Tern
- Common Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Bar-headed Goose
- Sand Martin
- Temminck's Stint
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Avocet
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Kentish Plover
- Booted Eagle
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Curlew
- Little Stint
- Mistle Thrush
- Little Tern
- Whitethroat
- Wryneck
- Yellow Wagtail
- Nightjar
- Hobby
- European Goldfinch
- Ruff
- Whimbrel
- Wood Warbler
- Short-eared Owl
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Stock Dove
- Sanderling
- Moorhen
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Willow Warbler
- Dunlin
- Short-toed Lark
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Common Kingfisher
- Eurasian Bittern
- Osprey
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Song Thrush
- Common Quail
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Water Rail
Residents
(8)Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
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
(70)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Mar–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly May–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly May–Oct
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(17)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly May–Dec
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly May–Oct
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Dec
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