Birds to See in Mongolia in September
157 bird species on our list for Mongolia are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Magpie, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Pied Wagtail and Cinereous Vulture. New this month: Great Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Willow Tit and Chaffinch and 22 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Great CormorantBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Common RosefinchBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Lesser WhitethroatBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
ChiffchaffBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Water PipitBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
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 157 birds in September
157 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Sep
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.65% in Sep
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentCommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.40% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.28% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.21% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusSummer visitorCommon140–165 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.18% in Sep- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusSummer visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.16% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.08% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.08% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Sep- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.98% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.97% in Sep- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.96% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.92% in Sep- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.89% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in Sep
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Sep
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Sep- Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.73% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Sep
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaSummer visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorCommon81–94 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantCommon68–88 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.41% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.33% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.31% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.24% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.20% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.14% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorCommon68–78 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantCommon35–40 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusPassage migrantCommon23–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
SmewMergellus albellusSummer visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSummer visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.06% in Sep
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantRare54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantRare23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
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