Birds in Mongolia
199 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Mongolia has 199 bird species recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 110 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 56 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 352,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Mongolia in September
157 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Common Raven
Resident

Magpie
Winter visitor

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Resident

Pied Wagtail
Summer visitor

Cinereous Vulture
Resident

Ruddy Shelduck
Resident

Grey Heron
Summer visitor

Horned Lark
Resident
Arriving in September: Great Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Willow Tit, Chaffinch, Long-tailed Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Brambling, Coal Tit and 18 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Mongolia each month: most in May (161), fewest in January (38). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly May–Oct

Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Apr–Oct

Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May–Sep

Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year

Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
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Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul

Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly May–Sep

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Oct

Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly May–Oct

Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
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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