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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Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly May–Oct

Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Mar–Oct
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Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly May–Sep

Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Oct

Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec

Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
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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