Birds to See in Mongolia in September
157 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September26
- Great Tit
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Willow Tit
- Chaffinch
- Long-tailed Tit
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Brambling
- Coal Tit
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Eurasian Siskin
- Dusky Thrush
- Lapland Longspur
- Black Grouse
- Mistle Thrush
- European Goldfinch
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Short-eared Owl
- Eurasian Wren
- Stock Dove
- Willow Warbler
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Osprey
- Common Quail
- European Pied Flycatcher
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
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(103)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Mar–Oct
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly May–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly May–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly May–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Oct
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Sep
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(14)Present outside the breeding season
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(32)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly May–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly May–Dec
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Jul–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly May–Sep
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jun–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