Mongolia bird checklist
512 bird species in 70 families have been recorded in Mongolia, according to eBird; about 365 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
The most common birds in Mongolia right now
1Common Merganser
2Great Crested Grebe
3Barn Swallow
4Eared Grebe
5Common Goldeneye
6Horned Lark
7Whooper Swan
8Great Cormorant
9Common Raven
10Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Mongolia bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Bar-headed Goose
- Snow Goose
- Graylag Goose
- Swan Goose
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Taiga Bean-Goose
- Tundra Bean-Goose
- Barnacle Goose
- Canada Goose
- Red-breasted Goose
- Mute Swan
- Tundra Swan
- Whooper Swan
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Common Shelduck
- Mandarin Duck
- Baikal Teal
- Garganey
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Falcated Duck
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Red-crested Pochard
- Common Pochard
- Ferruginous Duck
- Baer's Pochard
- Tufted Duck
- Greater Scaup
- Harlequin Duck
- Velvet Scoter
- Stejneger's Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Common Goldeneye
- Smew
- Common Merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser
- White-headed Duck
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Hazel Grouse
- Willow Ptarmigan
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Western Capercaillie
- Black-billed Capercaillie
- Black Grouse
- Daurian Partridge
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Altai Snowcock
- Common Quail
- Japanese Quail
- Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- Hill Pigeon
- Stock Dove
- Common Wood-Pigeon
- European Turtle-Dove
- Oriental Turtle-Dove
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Red Collared-Dove
- Spotted Dove
- Laughing Dove
Sandgrouse
- Pallas's Sandgrouse
Bustards
- Great Bustard
- Asian Houbara
Cuckoos
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
- Common Cuckoo
- Oriental Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies
- Gray Nightjar
- Eurasian Nightjar
Swifts
- White-throated Needletail
- Common Swift
- Pacific Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Water Rail
- Brown-cheeked Rail
- Spotted Crake
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- White-breasted Waterhen
- Ruddy-breasted Crake
- Band-bellied Crake
- Little Crake
- Baillon's Crake
Cranes
- Siberian Crane
- Sandhill Crane
- White-naped Crane
- Demoiselle Crane
- Red-crowned Crane
- Common Crane
- Black-necked Crane
- Hooded Crane
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
- Pied Avocet
Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Common Ringed Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Long-billed Plover
- Northern Lapwing
- Gray-headed Lapwing
- Oriental Plover
- Siberian Sand-Plover
- Tibetan Sand-Plover
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Kentish Plover
Painted-Snipes
- Greater Painted-Snipe
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Little Curlew
- Far Eastern Curlew
- Eurasian Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Asian Dowitcher
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Solitary Snipe
- Swinhoe's Snipe
- Pin-tailed Snipe
- Common Snipe
- Red Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Great Knot
- Red Knot
- Ruff
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck's Stint
- Long-toed Stint
- Red-necked Stint
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- Pectoral Sandpiper
Buttonquail
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Oriental Pratincole
Skuas and Jaegers
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Pomarine Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Little Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Slender-billed Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Brown-headed Gull
- Pallas's Gull
- Relict Gull
- Common Gull
- Caspian Gull
- Vega Gull
- Mongolian Gull
- Glaucous Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Little Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- Black Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Common Tern
Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo
Grebes
- Little Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
- Eared Grebe
Loons
- Red-throated Loon
- Arctic Loon
Storks
- Black Stork
- Oriental Stork
Cormorants and Shags
- Great Cormorant
Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis
- Eurasian Spoonbill
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Eurasian Bittern
- Schrenck's Bittern
- Little Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Little Egret
- Little Heron
- Chinese Pond-Heron
- Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
- Medium Egret
- Gray Heron
- Purple Heron
Pelicans
- Dalmatian Pelican
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bearded Vulture
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Cinereous Vulture
- Himalayan Griffon
- Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Steppe Eagle
- Imperial Eagle
- Golden Eagle
- Japanese Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Goshawk
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Eastern Marsh Harrier
- Hen Harrier
- Pallid Harrier
- Pied Harrier
- Montagu's Harrier
- Black Kite
- White-tailed Eagle
- Pallas's Fish-Eagle
- Gray-faced Buzzard
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Common Buzzard
- Long-legged Buzzard
- Upland Buzzard
- Eastern Buzzard
Owls
- Japanese Scops-Owl
- Eurasian Scops-Owl
- Oriental Scops-Owl
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl
- Northern Hawk Owl
- Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
- Little Owl
- Ural Owl
- Great Gray Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Boreal Owl
- Northern Boobook
Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
- European Bee-eater
Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher
- Black-capped Kingfisher
Rollers
- European Roller
Woodpeckers
- Eurasian Wryneck
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
- White-backed Woodpecker
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Gray-headed Woodpecker
- Black Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
- Lesser Kestrel
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Amur Falcon
- Merlin
- Eurasian Hobby
- Saker Falcon
- Gyrfalcon
- Peregrine Falcon
Cuckooshrikes
- Ashy Minivet
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
- Black-naped Oriole
Drongos
- Black Drongo
- Crow-billed Drongo
- Hair-crested Drongo
Shrikes
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Isabelline Shrike
- Brown Shrike
- Long-tailed Shrike
- Gray-backed Shrike
- Northern Shrike
- Great Gray Shrike
- Lesser Gray Shrike
- Chinese Gray Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Siberian Jay
- Eurasian Jay
- Azure-winged Magpie
- Oriental Magpie
- Eurasian Magpie
- Mongolian Ground-Jay
- Northern Nutcracker
- Red-billed Chough
- Yellow-billed Chough
- Eurasian Jackdaw
- Daurian Jackdaw
- Rook
- Carrion Crow
- Hooded Crow
- Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Coal Tit
- Marsh Tit
- Willow Tit
- Gray-headed Chickadee
- Azure Tit
- Great Tit
- Asian Tit
Penduline-Tits
- Eurasian Penduline-Tit
- White-crowned Penduline-Tit
Larks
- Eurasian Skylark
- Crested Lark
- Horned Lark
- Greater Short-toed Lark
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark
- Mongolian Lark
- Asian Short-toed Lark
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Bearded Reedling
- Bearded Reedling
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Thick-billed Warbler
- Booted Warbler
- Black-browed Reed Warbler
- Paddyfield Warbler
- Blyth's Reed Warbler
- Great Reed Warbler
- Oriental Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
- Gray's Grasshopper Warbler
- Marsh Grassbird
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
- Lanceolated Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
- Common Grasshopper Warbler
- Chinese Bush Warbler
- Baikal Bush Warbler
Swallows
- Bank Swallow
- Pale Martin
- Eurasian Crag-Martin
- Barn Swallow
- Western House-Martin
- Siberian House-Martin
- Asian House-Martin
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Leaf Warblers
- Wood Warbler
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Hume's Warbler
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler
- Radde's Warbler
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler
- Dusky Warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Common Chiffchaff
- Martens's Warbler
- Greenish Warbler
- Two-barred Warbler
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
- Arctic Warbler
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler
Bush Warblers and Allies
- Manchurian Bush Warbler
Long-tailed Tits
- Long-tailed Tit
Sylviid Warblers and Allies
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Garden Warbler
- Barred Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Eastern Orphean Warbler
- Asian Desert Warbler
- Greater Whitethroat
Parrotbills
- Reed Parrotbill
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye
Kinglets
- Goldcrest
Wallcreeper
- Wallcreeper
Nuthatches
- Eurasian Nuthatch
Treecreepers
- Eurasian Treecreeper
Wrens
- Eurasian Wren
Dippers
- White-throated Dipper
Starlings
- European Starling
- Rosy Starling
- Daurian Starling
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling
- Red-billed Starling
- White-cheeked Starling
- Common Myna
Thrushes and Allies
- White's Thrush
- Siberian Thrush
- Chinese Thrush
- Mistle Thrush
- Song Thrush
- Gray-winged Blackbird
- Redwing
- Eurasian Blackbird
- Gray-backed Thrush
- Eyebrowed Thrush
- Fieldfare
- Chestnut Thrush
- Black-throated Thrush
- Red-throated Thrush
- Dusky Thrush
- Naumann's Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher
- Dark-sided Flycatcher
- Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Robin
- Rufous-tailed Robin
- Siberian Blue Robin
- Common Nightingale
- Bluethroat
- Blue Whistling-Thrush
- Siberian Rubythroat
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
- Narcissus Flycatcher
- Mugimaki Flycatcher
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher
- Taiga Flycatcher
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Collared Flycatcher
- Blue-fronted Redstart
- Rufous-backed Redstart
- White-capped Redstart
- Common Redstart
- White-winged Redstart
- Black Redstart
- Daurian Redstart
- White-throated Rock-Thrush
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
- White-throated Bushchat
- Siberian Stonechat
- Amur Stonechat
- Northern Wheatear
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Desert Wheatear
- Pied Wheatear
Waxwings
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Japanese Waxwing
Accentors
- Alpine Accentor
- Altai Accentor
- Siberian Accentor
- Brown Accentor
- Black-throated Accentor
- Mongolian Accentor
Old World Sparrows
- Saxaul Sparrow
- House Sparrow
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Rock Sparrow
- White-winged Snowfinch
- Pere David's Snowfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
- Forest Wagtail
- Gray Wagtail
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Richard's Pipit
- Blyth's Pipit
- Tawny Pipit
- Meadow Pipit
- Rosy Pipit
- Tree Pipit
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Pechora Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Water Pipit
- Siberian Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- Common Chaffinch
- Brambling
- Hawfinch
- Yellow-billed Grosbeak
- Japanese Grosbeak
- Common Rosefinch
- Red-mantled Rosefinch
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch
- Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch
- Great Rosefinch
- Long-tailed Rosefinch
- Pallas's Rosefinch
- Pine Grosbeak
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Mongolian Finch
- Plain Mountain Finch
- Black-headed Mountain Finch
- Asian Rosy-Finch
- Desert Finch
- European Greenfinch
- Oriental Greenfinch
- Twite
- Eurasian Linnet
- Redpoll
- Red Crossbill
- White-winged Crossbill
- European Goldfinch
- Gray-crowned Goldfinch
- Fire-fronted Serin
- Eurasian Siskin
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur
- Snow Bunting
Old World Buntings
- Red-headed Bunting
- Chestnut-eared Bunting
- Rufous-backed Bunting
- Rock Bunting
- Godlewski's Bunting
- Meadow Bunting
- Yellowhammer
- Pine Bunting
- Gray-necked Bunting
- Ortolan Bunting
- Yellow-throated Bunting
- Ochre-rumped Bunting
- Pallas's Bunting
- Reed Bunting
- Yellow-breasted Bunting
- Little Bunting
- Rustic Bunting
- Black-faced Bunting
- Chestnut Bunting
- Yellow-browed Bunting
- Tristram's Bunting
Most common birds in Mongolia
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Mongolia’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Largest bird families in Mongolia
Among its regular birds.
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl36
- Sandpipers and Allies33
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies26
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites25
- Old World Flycatchers25
- Old World Buntings19
- Crows, Jays, and Magpies14
- Wagtails and Pipits14
Reported in the last 30 days
321 species reported to eBird in Mongolia in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:
Eurasian Bullfinch, Little Bunting, Common Merganser, Common Raven, Hume's Warbler, Brown Accentor, Horned Lark, Great Crested Grebe, Mongolian Gull, Common Goldeneye, White-tailed Eagle, Barn Swallow, Whooper Swan, Eared Grebe, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Eurasian Magpie, Meadow Bunting, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Hill Pigeon, Eurasian Kestrel, Little Owl, Upland Buzzard, Pine Bunting, Red-billed Chough, White-winged Redstart, Dusky Thrush, Eurasian Jay, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Nuthatch, Northern Nutcracker, Cinereous Vulture, Yellow-billed Chough, Twite, Black-throated Accentor, Merlin, Gray-crowned Goldfinch, Bearded Vulture, Chukar, Azure Tit, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, …
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Eurasian Wigeon
Brambling
Common Pochard
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Coot
Great Egret
Carrion Crow
Northern Shoveler
European Starling
Northern Lapwing
Mallard
Gadwall
Eurasian Magpie