Birds of Mongolia

List of Common Birds Found in Mongolia

Native Birds

• Altai Snowcock
• Amur Falcon
• Asian Brown Flycatcher
• Azure-winged Magpie
• Baillon’s Crake
• Bar-headed Goose
• Barn Swallow
• Black-billed Capercaillie
• Black Drongo
• Black Kite
• Black Redstart
• Black-throated Accentor
• Black-throated Diver
• Black-winged Stilt
• Black Woodpecker
• Bluethroat
• Booted Eagle
• Citrine Wagtail
• Collared Flycatcher
• Common Crane
• Common Greenshank
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Myna
• Common Nightingale
• Common Pheasant
• Common Redpoll
• Common Redstart
• Common Rosefinch
• Common Shelduck
• Common Snipe
• Common Tern
• Dalmatian Pelican
• Daurian Partridge
• Daurian Redstart
• Demoiselle Crane
• Dusky Warbler
• Eastern Imperial Eagle
• Eastern Marsh Harrier
• Eastern Rock Nuthatch
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Bee-eater
• European Roller
• Garganey
• Great Black-headed Gull
• Great Crested Grebe
• Great Gray Shrike
• Great Tit
• Greenish Warbler
• Gray-capped Greenfinch
• Gray-headed Goldfinch
• Gray-headed Lapwing
• Gray Heron
• Gray-necked Bunting
• Gray Plover
• Gray Wagtail
• Henderson’s Ground Jay
• Hodgson’s Mountain Finch
• Horned Lark
• Indian Peafowl
• Japanese Tit
• Lesser Sand Plover
• Little Bunting
• Little Crake
• Little Egret
• Little Gull
• Little Owl
• Little Stint
• Long-tailed Rosefinch
• Meadow Bunting
• Mongolian Accentor
• Mongolian Desert Finch
• Mongolian Finch
• Mongolian Ground Jay
• Mongolian Horned Lark
• Mongolian Lark
• Northern Goshawk
• Northern Raven
• Northern Wheatear
• Oriental Magpie
• Oriental Plover
• Oriental Pratincole
• Oriental Turtle Dove
• Pallas’s Fish Eagle
• Pallas’s Gull
• Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
• Pallas’s Sandgrouse
• Pied Wheatear
• Pine Bunting
• Pine Grosbeak
• Plain Mountain Finch
• Red-breasted Flycatcher
• Red-crested Pochard
• Red Crossbill
• Red-footed Falcon
• Red-headed Bunting
• Red-necked Grebe
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Red-throated Loon
• Red-throated Pipit
• Relict Gull
• Ruddy Shelduck
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Rustic Bunting
• Saker Falcon
• Sedge Warbler
• Siberian Rubythroat
• Slender-billed Gull
• Steppe Eagle
• Tawny Pipit
• Upland Buzzard
• White-crowned Penduline Tit
• White-naped Crane
• White-tailed Eagle
• White-throated Dipper
• White Wagtail
• White-winged Scoter
• White-winged Snowfinch
• Whooper Swan
• Yellow-browed Warbler
• Yellow Wagtail

Non-native Birds

• Barnacle Goose
• Collared Pratincole
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Greater Flamingo
• Great Knot
• Mandarin Duck
• Spotted Crake
• Swinhoe’s Rail
• Velvet Scoter
• Wandering Tattler

Some of Mongolia’s best places to go birdwatching include Khustain Nuruu National Park, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, and Khövsgöl Lake. The peak season for birding in Mongolia generally falls between May and August. This period corresponds to the spring and summer months when migratory birds have arrived and breeding activity is at its highest.