Birds of Mongolia

Every birds in the Wildlife of Mongolia guide: 412 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Accipitridae

• Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
• Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
• Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
• Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
• Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
• Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
• White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
• Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
• Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
• Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
• Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
• Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
• Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
• Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
• Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
• Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
• Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
• Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
• Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
• Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis
• Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
• Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus

Acrocephalidae

• Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
• Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
• Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
• Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
• Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
• Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps

Aegithalidae

• Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus

Alaudidae

• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
• Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica
• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
• Crested Lark Galerida cristata
• Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
• Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
• Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis

Alcedinidae

• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Anatidae

• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
• Gadwall Mareca strepera
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
• Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Greylag Goose Anser anser
• Garganey Spatula querquedula
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
• Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
• Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
• Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
• Mute Swan Cygnus olor
• Smew Mergellus albellus
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus

Apodidae

• Common Swift Apus apus
• Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
• White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus

Ardeidae

• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
• Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus

Bombycillidae

• Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

Calcariidae

• Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

Caprimulgidae

• European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
• Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus

Certhiidae

• Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris

Charadriidae

• Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
• Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
• Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
• Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
• Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
• Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
• Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
• Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus
• Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus

Ciconiidae

• Black Stork Ciconia nigra

Cinclidae

• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

Columbidae

• Rock Dove Columba livia
• Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
• Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
• Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
• Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
• Stock Dove Columba oenas
• European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur

Corvidae

• Northern Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
• Carrion Crow Corvus corone
• Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
• Rook Corvus frugilegus
• Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
• Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
• Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
• Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
• Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
• Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus

Cuculidae

• Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
• Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus

Emberizidae

• Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
• Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
• Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
• Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
• Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
• Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
• Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
• Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
• Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
• Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
• Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
• Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
• Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
• Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
• Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
• Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
• Jankowski's Bunting Emberiza jankowskii
• Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps

Falconidae

• Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
• Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
• Saker Falcon Falco cherrug
• Merlin Falco columbarius
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
• Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
• Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus

Fringillidae

• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
• Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
• Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
• Twite Linaria flavirostris
• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
• Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
• Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
• Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
• Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
• Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa
• Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys
• Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
• Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
• Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
• Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
• Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
• Grey-crowned Goldfinch Carduelis caniceps
• Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
• Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
• Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
• European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
• Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus

Gaviidae

• Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
• Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata

Glareolidae

• Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

Gruidae

• Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
• White-naped Crane Antigone vipio
• Common Crane Grus grus
• Hooded Crane Grus monacha
• Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus
• Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis

Hirundinidae

• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Sand Martin Riparia riparia
• Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
• Pale Martin Riparia diluta
• Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
• Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
• Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

Laniidae

• Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
• Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
• Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
• Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor

Laridae

• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
• Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
• Black Tern Chlidonias niger
• Little Tern Sternula albifrons
• Common Gull Larus canus
• Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus
• Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus

Locustellidae

• Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
• Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
• Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
• Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
• Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi

Meropidae

• European Bee-eater Merops apiaster

Motacillidae

• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
• Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
• Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
• Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
• Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
• American Pipit Anthus rubescens
• Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi

Muscicapidae

• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
• Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
• Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
• Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
• Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
• Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
• White-throated Bush Chat Saxicola insignis
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
• Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
• Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
• Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
• White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
• Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans

Oriolidae

• Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

Other

• Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus
• Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
• Gray's Grasshopper-warbler Locustella fasciolata
• Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus tristis
• Swan Goose Anser cygnoid

Otididae

• Great Bustard Otis tarda
• Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii

Pandionidae

• Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Panuridae

• Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus

Paradoxornithidae

• Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei

Paridae

• Great Tit Parus major
• Willow Tit Poecile montanus
• Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
• Coal Tit Periparus ater
• Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
• Grey-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus

Passeridae

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
• Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
• White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis
• Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri

Pelecanidae

• Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

Phalacrocoracidae

• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Phasianidae

• Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
• Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
• Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
• Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides
• Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
• Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
• Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
• Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
• Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus
• Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
• Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
• Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus

Phylloscopidae

• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
• Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
• Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
• Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
• Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
• Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
• Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
• Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes

Picidae

• Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
• Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
• Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
• White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
• Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus

Podicipedidae

• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
• Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
• Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena

Prunellidae

• Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
• Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
• Kozlov's Accentor Prunella koslowi
• Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
• Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
• Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana

Pteroclidae

• Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus

Rallidae

• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
• Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
• Little Crake Zapornia parva
• Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
• Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
• Corn Crake Crex crex
• Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus

Recurvirostridae

• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

Regulidae

• Goldcrest Regulus regulus

Remizidae

• White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus

Scolopacidae

• Common Redshank Tringa totanus
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
• Little Stint Calidris minuta
• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
• Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
• Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
• Ruff Calidris pugnax
• Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
• Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
• Little Curlew Numenius minutus
• Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
• Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
• Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
• Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

Sittidae

• Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea

Strigidae

• Little Owl Athene noctua
• Long-eared Owl Asio otus
• Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
• Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
• Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
• Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
• Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
• Ural Owl Strix uralensis
• Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
• Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula
• Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa
• Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus

Sturnidae

• White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
• Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus

Sylviidae

• Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
• Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
• Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana
• Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria

Threskiornithidae

• Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

Tichodromidae

• Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

Troglodytidae

• Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Turdidae

• Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
• Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
• Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
• Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
• White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
• Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
• Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
• Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
• Redwing Turdus iliacus
• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

Upupidae

• Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

Frequently asked questions

How many birds are in the Wildlife of Mongolia guide?

The guide lists 412 birds of Mongolia, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of birds are covered?

Accipitridae (28), Acrocephalidae (7), Aegithalidae (1), Alaudidae (7), Alcedinidae (1), Anatidae (34), Apodidae (3), Ardeidae (5), Bombycillidae (1), Calcariidae (2), Caprimulgidae (2), Certhiidae (1), and 49 more groups.