Mongolian Photo: Birds of Mongolia

Mongolia known as a landlocked country remote from the sea is however prominent for its extremely diversified landscape. Mountain ranges, small and bigger lakes, and rivers, semi-desert Gobi area, forest steppes ar all home to many species of birds. In Mongolia have been recorded over 450 different species of birds belonging to 200 genera, 60 families of 19 orders registered. Mongolia has 81 species which live permanently, 245 species egg in our country, 9 species pass the summer, 60 species of birds occasionally occur in Mongolia and 10 species birds arrive here to pass winter. In Mongolia are registered 30 rare and very rare birds. The species registered in the Red Book of Mongolia are: Pelecanus crispus - Dalmation Pelican, Egretta alba - Great White Egret, Platalea leucorodia - Eurasian or White Spoonbill, Ciconia nigra - Black Stork, Cygnus olor - Mute Swan, Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan, Eulabeia indica - Bar-headed Goose, Cygnopsis cygnoides - Swan Goose, Anas formosa - Baikal Teal, Aythya baeri - Baer's Pochard, Aix galericulata - Mandarin Duck, Oxyura leucocephala - White-headed Duck, Pandion haliaetus - Osprey, Haliaeetus albicilla - White tailed Eagle, Gyps himalayensis - Himalayan Griffon, Tetraogallus altaicus - Altai Snowcock, Phasianus colchicus - Ring-necked Pheasant, Grus monacha - Hooded Crane, Grus vipio - Japanese White-naped Crane, Grus leucogeranus - Sibirian White Crane, Otis tarda - Great Bustard, Chlamydotis undulata - Houbara Bustard, Limnodromus semipalmatus - Asiatic Dowitcher, Larus ichthyaetus - Great Black-headed Gull, Larus relictus - Relict Gull, Saxicola insignus - Hodgsan's Bushchat, Paradoxornix heudei - Chinese or Reed Parrotbill, Remizpendulinus - Eurasian Penduline Tit, Podoces hendersoni - Henderson's Ground-jay. The species registered in the The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species are: Bunting