CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF MONGOLIA

Number of species: 482




Phasianidae
Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
Black-billed CapercaillieTetrao parvirostris
Eurasian Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
Willow Grouse/Red GrouseLagopus lagopus
Altai SnowcockTetraogallus altaicus
Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
Daurian PartridgePerdix dauurica
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Japanese QuailCoturnix japonica
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus

Anatidae
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
Bean GooseAnser fabalis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
GadwallAnas strepera
Falcated TealAnas falcata
Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
GarganeyAnas querquedula
Baikal TealAnas formosa
Common TealAnas crecca
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Common PochardAythya ferina
Baer's PochardAythya baeri
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
White-winged ScoterMelanitta fusca
Long-tailed Duck/OldsquawClangula hyemalis
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
SmewMergellus albellus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala

Gaviidae
Red-throated Diver or LoonGavia stellata
Black-throated Diver/Arctic LoonGavia arctica

Podicipedidae
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Slavonian or Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Black-necked or Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis

Phoenicopteridae
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber

Ciconiidae
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Oriental White StorkCiconia boyciana

Threskiornithidae
Black-headed IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia

Ardeidae
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Schrenck's BitternIxobrychus eurhythmus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Great EgretArdea alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta

Pelecanidae
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus

Phalacrocoracidae
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo

Falconidae
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
Amur FalconFalco amurensis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Saker FalconFalco cherrug
GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Barbary FalconFalco pelegrinoides

Accipitridae
OspreyPandion haliaetus
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Oriental Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Pallas's Fish EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
White-tailed Sea EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Bearded Vulture/LammergeierGypaetus barbatus
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Himalayan GriffonGyps himalayensis
Eurasian GriffonGyps fulvus
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
Short-toed EagleCircaetus gallicus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Northern Harrier/Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
ShikraAccipiter badius
Japanese SparrowhawkAccipiter gularis
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
Eurasian BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Greater Spotted EagleAquila clanga
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Bonelli's EagleHieraaetus fasciatus
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Mountain Hawk-EagleSpizaetus nipalensis

Otididae
Great BustardOtis tarda
Macqueen's BustardChlamydotis macqueenii

Rallidae
Swinhoe's RailCoturnicops exquisitus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
CorncrakeCrex crex
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Little CrakePorzana parva
Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common CootFulica atra

Gruidae
Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
Siberian CraneGrus leucogeranus
White-naped CraneGrus vipio
Common CraneGrus grus
Hooded CraneGrus monacha
Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensis

Turnicidae
Yellow-legged ButtonquailTurnix tanki

Burhinidae
Eurasian Stone CurlewBurhinus oedicnemus

Recurvirostridae
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta

Charadriidae
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
Sociable PloverVanellus gregarius
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Grey Plover/Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand PloverCharadrius mongolus
Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
Oriental PloverCharadrius veredus
Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus

Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis

Scolopacidae
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria
Pintail SnipeGallinago stenura
Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Little CurlewNumenius minutus
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey-tailed TattlerHeteroscelus brevipes
Wandering TattlerHeteroscelus incanus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Red KnotCalidris canutus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
Little StintCalidris minuta
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
DunlinCalidris alpina
Broad-billed SandpiperLimicola falcinellus
RuffPhilomachus pugnax
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus

Glareolidae
Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum

Laridae
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Mew GullLarus canus
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Yellow-legged GullLarus cachinnans
Great Black-headed GullLarus ichthyaetus
Brown-headed GullLarus brunnicephalus
Common Black-headed GullLarus ridibundus
Slender-billed GullLarus genei
Relict GullLarus relictus
Little GullLarus minutus
Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Gull-billed TernSterna nilotica
Caspian TernSterna caspia
Common TernSterna hirundo
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Little TernSterna albifrons
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterus
Black TernChlidonias niger

Stercorariidae
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger/Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus

Pteroclididae
Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus

Columbidae
Rock DoveColumba livia
Hill PigeonColumba rupestris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Pale-backed PigeonColumba eversmanni
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Laughing DoveStreptopelia senegalensis

Cuculidae
Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Himalayan CuckooCuculus saturatus
Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus

Strigidae
Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Oriental Scops OwlOtus sunia
Snowy OwlNyctea scandiaca
Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
Ural OwlStrix uralensis
Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinum
Little OwlAthene noctua
Tengmalm's Owl/Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus

Caprimulgidae
Grey NightjarCaprimulgus indicus
European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus

Apodidae
White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
Common SwiftApus apus
Fork-tailed or Pacific SwiftApus pacificus

Coraciidae
DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis

Alcedinidae
Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis

Meropidae
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster

Upupidae
Common HoopoeUpupa epops

Picidae
Northern WryneckJynx torquilla
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos minor
White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus

Laniidae
Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Great Grey Shrike/Northern ShrikeLanius excubitor
Southern Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalis
Chinese Grey ShrikeLanius sphenocercus

Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensis

Dicruridae
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus

Corvidae
Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Common MagpiePica pica
Mongolian Ground JayPodoces hendersoni
Eurasian NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Eurasian JackdawCorvus monedula
Daurian JackdawCorvus dauuricus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common RavenCorvus corax

Bombycillidae
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonica

Paridae
Great TitParus major
Turkestan TitParus bokharensis
Azure TitParus cyanus
Coal TitParus ater
Marsh TitParus palustris
Willow TitParus montanus
Siberian TitParus cinctus

Remizidae
Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus

Hirundinidae
Collared Sand Martin/Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Pale Sand MartinRiparia diluta
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Northern House MartinDelichon urbicum
Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica

Aegithalidae
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus

Alaudidae
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
Mongolian LarkMelanocorypha mongolica
White-winged LarkMelanocorypha leucoptera
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensis
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Asian Short-toed LarkCalandrella cheleensis
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Horned Lark/ShorelarkEremophila alpestris

Cisticolidae
White-browed Chinese WarblerRhopophilus pekinensis

Pycnonotidae
Flavescent BulbulPycnonotus flavescens

Sylviidae
Japanese Swamp WarblerMegalurus pryeri
Spotted Bush WarblerBradypterus thoracicus
Chinese Bush WarblerBradypterus tacsanowskius
Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Rusty-rumped WarblerLocustella certhiola
Middendorff's WarblerLocustella ochotensis
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
Gray's WarblerLocustella fasciolata
Thick-billed WarblerPhragamaticola aedon
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
Booted WarblerIduna caligata
Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
Yellow-streaked WarblerPhylloscopus armandii
Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
Green Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
Two-barred Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
Pale-legged Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
Rufous-faced WarblerAbroscopus albogularis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca
Hume's Lesser WhitethroatSylvia althaea
Desert WarblerSylvia nana
Greater WhitethroatSylvia communis

Timaliidae
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
Vinous-throated ParrotbillParadoxornis webbianus
Northern ParrotbillParadoxornis polivanovi

Regulidae
GoldcrestRegulus regulus

Troglodytidae
Winter WrenTroglodytes troglodytes

Sittidae
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
WallcreeperTichodroma muraria

Certhiidae
Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris

Sturnidae
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Purple-backed Starling/Daurian StarlingSturnus sturninus
Rosy StarlingSturnus roseus
White-cheeked StarlingSturnus cineraceus
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris

Turdidae
Siberian ThrushZoothera sibirica
White's ThrushZoothera aurea
Scaly ThrushZoothera dauma
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis
Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanni
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus

Muscicapidae
European RobinErithacus rubecula
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
Siberian Blue RobinLuscinia cyane
Orange-flanked Bush RobinLuscinia cyanura
Rufous-tailed RobinLuscinia sibilans
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Rufous-backed RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Güldenstadt's RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus
White-capped Water RedstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
Hodgson's BushchatSaxicola insignis
Common StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
White-throated Rock ThrushMonticola gularis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla

Cinclidae
White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus

Passeridae
Saxaul SparrowPasser ammodendri
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
Père David's SnowfinchPyrgilauda davidiana

Prunellidae
Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Altai AccentorPrunella himalayana
Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
Brown AccentorPrunella fulvescens
Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
Mongolian AccentorPrunella koslowi

Motacillidae
Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
Pechora PipitAnthus gustavi
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta

Fringillidae
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
European GreenfinchCarduelis chloris
Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common RedpollAcanthis  flammea
Hoary RedpollAcanthis  hornemanni
TwiteAcanthis  flavirostris
Common LinnetAcanthis  cannabina
Plain Mountain FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
Brandt's Mountain FinchLeucosticte brandti
Asian Rosy FinchLeucosticte arctoa
Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus
Long-tailed RosefinchUragus sibiricus
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
Beautiful RosefinchCarpodacus pulcherrimus
Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus
Red-mantled RosefinchCarpodacus rhodochlamys
Great RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilla
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Yellow-billed GrosbeakEophona migratoria

Emberizidae
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
Western Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
Eastern Rock BuntingEmberiza godlewskii
Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
Jankowski's BuntingEmberiza jankowskii
Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Tristram's BuntingEmberiza tristrami
Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
Pallas's BuntingEmberiza pallasi
Ochre-rumped BuntingEmberiza yessoensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis

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