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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Mongolia

Cumulative checklist

with James Lidster as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of six on which this species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard only
A B C D
1 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
6 Great Crested Grebe 5 50 Podiceps cristatus
5 Slavonian Grebe 2 2 Podiceps auritus
6 Black-necked Grebe 2 10 Podiceps nigricollis
6 Great Cormorant 4 50 Phalacrocorax carbo
1 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
1 Little' Bittern sp Ixobrychus sp
1 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
6 Great White Egret 2 1 Egretta alba
1 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
6 Grey Heron 6 15 Ardea cinerea
6 Black Stork 4 5 Ciconia nigra
6 Eurasian Spoonbill 3 33 Platalea leucorodia
3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
6 Whooper Swan 5 9 Cygnus cygnus
1 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus
2 Bean Goose Anser fabalis
6 Greylag Goose 3 60 Anser anser
1 Eurasian White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
6 Bar-headed Goose 2 10 Anser indicus
6 Swan Goose 4 20 Anser cygnoides
6 Ruddy Shelduck 10 90 Tadorna ferruginea
6 Common Shelduck 5 12 Tadorna tadorna
6 Eurasian Wigeon 5 30 Anas penelope
6 Gadwall 6 20 Anas strepera
1 Falcated Duck Anas falcata
6 Common Teal 4 6 Anas crecca
6 Mallard 5 8 Anas platyrhynchos
6 Northern Pintail 4 6 Anas acuta
6 Garganey 3 10 Anas querquedula
6 Northern Shoveler 5 30 Anas clypeata
5 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
6 Common Pochard 5 50 Aythya ferina
5 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
1 Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
6 Tufted Duck 5 15 Aythya fuligula
5 Stejneger's White-winged Scoter 3 9 Melanitta stejnegeri
5 Common Goldeneye 3 20 Bucephala clangula
6 Goosander 5 12 Mergus merganser
1 Smew Mergellus albellus
1 Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus
4 Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
6 Black (Black-eared) Kite 6 20 Milvus migrans lineatus
2 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
6 Pallas's Fish Eagle 3 4 Haliaeetus leucoryphus
5 Lammergeier 5 2 Gypaetus barbatus
5 Himalayan Vulture 3 10 Gyps himalayensis
5 Eurasian Griffon Vulture 1 2 Gyps fulvus
5 Griffon Vulture sp 4 8 Gyps fulvus
6 Black Vulture 12 50 Aegypius monachus
2 Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
4 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
1 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
5 Northern Goshawk 2 1 Accipiter gentilis
4 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
1 Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis
6 Upland Buzzard 11 3 Buteo hemilasius
1 Common Buzzard 1 2 Buteo buteo
6 Steppe Eagle 3 30 Aquila nipalensis
5 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
6 Booted Eagle 3 1 Aquila pennatus
6 Lesser Kestrel 4 6 Falco naumanni
6 Common Kestrel 5 2 Falco tinnunculus
6 Amur Falcon 3 8 Falco amurensis
6 Eurasian Hobby 4 1 Falco subbuteo
6 Saker Falcon 7 3 Falco cherrug
4 Altai Snowcock 2 3 Tetraogallus altaicus
2 Black Grouse 1 5 H Tetrao tetrix
3 Chukar Alectoris chukar
3 Daurian Partridge Perdix dauuricae
1 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
1 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
1 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
4 Baillon's Crake 1 1 Porzana pusilla
5 Common Coot Fulica atra
2 Common Crane 1 1 H Grus grus
5 White-naped Crane 2 2 Grus vipio
6 Demoiselle Crane 10 200 Anthropoides virgo
6 Black-winged Stilt 1 1 Himantopus himantopus
6 Avocet 4 20 Recurvirostra avosetta
1 Ruff 1 3 Philomachus pugnax
6 Little Ringed Plover 7 10 Charadrius dubius
6 Kentish Plover 6 40 Charadrius alexandrinus
6 Greater Sand Plover 6 4 Charadrius leschenaultii
2 Lesser Sand Plover 1 1 Charadrius mongolus
5 Oriental Plover 3 9 Charadrius veredus
5 Pacific Golden Plover 3 4 Pluvialis fulva
2 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatorola
1 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
6 Northern Lapwing 5 10 Vanellus vanellus
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 20 Limicola falcinellus
1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 3 Calidris ferruginea
2 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
5 Little Stint 2 4 Calidris minuta
2 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
4 Long-toed Stint 2 2 Calidris subminuta
6 Common Snipe 4 20 Gallinago gallinago
2 Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
6 Eastern Black-tailed Godwit 3 4 Limosa melanuroides
2 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
3 Eurasian Curlew 3 1 Numenius arquata
2 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
6 Common Redshank 6 20 Tringa totanus
6 Marsh Sandpiper 2 10 Tringa stagnatilis
4 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
5 Wood Sandpiper 3 6 Tringa glareola
1 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
1 Grey-tailed Tattler 1 2 Tringa brevipes
6 Common Sandpiper 2 4 Actitis hypoleucos
1 Terek Sandpiper 1 1 Xenus cinereus
3 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
2 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
6 Pallas's Gull 3 25 Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
4 Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus
2 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
3 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
6 Black-headed Gull 3 50 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
6 Mongolian Gull 5 60 Larus mongolicus
6 Gull-billed Tern 3 4 Gelochelidon nilotica
6 Caspian Tern 3 20 Sterna caspia
6 Common Tern 7 300 Sterna hirundo
4 Little Tern 2 3 Sterna albifrons
4 Whiskered Tern 1 1 Chlidonias hybridus
6 White-winged Black Tern 5 48 Chlidonias leucopterus
6 Pallas's Sandgrouse 9 3000 Syrrhaptes paradoxus
6 Eurasian Collared Dove 4 3 Streptopelia decaocto
1 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
1 Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
6 Hill Pigeon 6 3 Columba rupestris
6 Common Cuckoo 6 3 Cuculus canorus
6 Oriental Cuckoo 2 2 Cuculus saturatus
1 Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
5 Little Owl 4 1 Athene nocuta
3 Long-eared Owl Asio otus
1 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
3 European Nightjar 1 1 H Caprimulgus europaeus
6 Common Swift 6 10 Apus apus pekinensis
6 Pacific Swift 10 200 Apus pacificus
6 Hoopoe 5 2 Upupa epops
6 Eurasian Wryneck 1 1 Jynx torquilla
6 Grey-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Picus canus
5 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus maritus
4 White-backed Woodpecker 1 1 Dendrocopos leucotos
1 Great spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus major
6 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 2 1 Dendrocopos minor
1 Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
6 Mongolian Lark 4 40 Melanocorypha mongolica
6 Lesser Short-toed Lark 10 100 Calandrella rufescens
4 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
6 Skylark 7 20 Alauda arvensis
6 Horned Lark 12 200 Eremorphila alpestris
6 Pale Sand Martin 4 20 Riparia diluta
6 Eurasian Crag Martin 2 20 Ptyonoprogne rupestris
6 Barn Swallow 9 3 Hirundo rustica
6 House Martin 4 10 Delichon urbica
6 Richard's Pipit 4 10 Anthus richardi
6 Blyth's Pipit 5 6 Anthus godlewskii
6 Olive-backed Pipit 2 5 Anthus hodgsoni
1 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
5 Water Pipit 1 1 Anthus spinoletta
4 Yellow Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla flava
1 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava leucocephala
6 Citrine Wagtail 4 6 Motacilla citreola
6 Grey Wagtail 3 3 Motacilla cinerea
6 White Wagtail 5 2 Motacilla alba
6 Baikal' White Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla alba baicalensis
5 Amur' White Wagtail 2 1 Motacilla alba leucopsis
1 Masked' White Wagtail Motacilla alba personata
5 Alpine Accentor 1 2 Prunella collaris
6 Brown Accentor 2 10 Prunella fulvescens
5 Kozlov's Accentor 2 5 Prunella koslowi
6 Siberian Rubythroat 4 2 Luscinia calliope
3 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
6 Black Redstart 2 5 Phoenicurus ochruros
5 Common Redstart 1 2 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
6 Daurian Redstart 3 3 Phoenicurus auroreus
3 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
6 Northern Wheatear 7 10 Oenanthe oenanthe
6 Isabelline Wheatear 12 30 Oenanthe isabellina
6 Pied Wheatear 3 2 Oenanthe pleschanka
6 Desert Wheatear 8 5 Oenanthe deserti
6 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 2 Monticola saxatilis
6 Red-throated Thrush 2 1 Turdus ruficollis
1 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
1 Dusky Thrush 1 1 Turdus eunomus
2 Chinese Bush Warbler 1 1 Bradypterus tacsanowskius
2 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinoides
6 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler 2 2 Locustella certhiola
1 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
5 Paddyfield Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus agricola
1 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
6 Oriental Reed Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus orientalis
5 Thick-billed Warbler 5 10 Acrocephalus aedon
6 Asian Desert Warbler 2 3 Sylvia nana
1 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
6 Lesser Whitethroat 2 6 Sylvia curruca
5 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
4 Arctic Warbler 3 5 Phylloscopus borealis
6 Two-barred Greenish Warbler 3 10 Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
6 Pallas's Leaf Warbler 6 6 Phylloscopus proregulus
6 Yellow-browed Warbler 2 6 Phylloscopus inornatus
1 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei
2 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
6 Dusky Warbler 7 5 Phylloscopus fuscatus
1 Siberian Common Chiffchaff 1 1 Phylloscopus collybita tristis
3 Dark-sided Flycatcher 1 1 Muscicapa sibirica
6 Asian Brown Flycatcher 5 4 Muscicapa dauurica
2 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
6 Taiga Flycatcher 1 2 Ficedula albicilla
1 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
2 Long-tailed Tit 2 3 Aegithalos caudatus
6 Willow Tit 2 6 Parus montanus
3 Coal Tit Parus ater
6 Great Tit 3 6 Parus major
6 Azure Tit 1 1 Parus cyanus
5 Eurasian Nuthatch 3 2 Sitta europaea
5 Wallcreeper 2 2 Tichodroma muraria
1 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familaris
2 White-crowned Penduline Tit 1 2 Remiz coronatus
6 Isabelline Shrike 6 8 Lanius isabellinus
6 Brown Shrike 4 10 Lanius cristatus
6 Steppe Grey Shrike 3 2 Lanius pallidirostris
1 Drongo sp Dicrurus sp
2 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
6 Henderson's Ground Jay 2 5 Podoces hendersoni
6 Eurasian Magpie 6 10 Pica pica
1 Azure-winged Magpie Cyonopica cyanus
6 Red-billed Chough 7 30 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
6 Daurian Jackdaw 4 100 Corvus dauricus
3 Rook Corvus frugilegus
6 Carrion Crow 5 10 Corvus corone
6 Common Raven 13 30 Corvus corax
4 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
3 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
6 White-cheeked Starling 2 5 Sturnus cineraceus
4 Rosy Starling 1 1 Sturnus roseus
6 House Sparrow 7 3 Passer domesticus
6 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 10 30 Passer montanus
6 Saxaul Sparrow 1 2 Passer ammodendri
6 Rock Sparrow 5 3 Petronia petronia
5 White-winged Snowfinch 2 10 Montifringilla nivalis
6 Père David's Snowfinch 2 2 Monifringilla davidiana
1 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
5 Twite 1 1 Carduelis flavirostris
3 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
6 Mongolian Finch 7 100 Bucanetes mongolicus
6 Common Rosefinch 5 12 Carpodacus erythrinus
5 Beautiful Rosefinch 2 6 Carpodacus pulcherrimus
3 Great Rosefinch 2 2 Carpodacus rubicilla
4 Long-tailed Rosefinch 2 3 Uragus sibiricus
4 Hawfinch 5 7 Coccothraustes coccothraustes
6 Black-faced Bunting 2 4 Emberiza spodocephala
3 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
6 Pine Bunting 2 10 Emberiza leucocephalos
4 Grey-necked Bunting 1 2 Emberiza buchanani
3 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
1 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
6 Godlewski's Bunting 2 4 Emberiza godlewskii
2 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata

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