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
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusPassage migrantUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly May–Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
SmewMergellus albellusSummer visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
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