Birds to See in Mongolia in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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.
Other months
All 116 birds in October
116 birds
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentCommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.82% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.49% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.32% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.30% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.26% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.26% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.23% in Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.17% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.14% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.98% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.97% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.92% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.88% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.87% in Oct
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Oct
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.62% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Oct
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusPassage migrantCommon23–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.58% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.56% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.45% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.43% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Oct
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorCommon81–94 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.37% in Oct
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.36% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.28% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.28% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusSummer visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.19% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
SmewMergellus albellusSummer visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.15% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
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