Uncommon Birds in Mongolia
Our list for Mongolia has 80 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 47 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 32 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Mongolia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 80, most common first
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaSummer visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly May–Aug
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly May–Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–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