Mongolia Ramsar wetland
Ganga Lake
165 bird species recorded; the most from August to September.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.22 species in May.0 species in June.55 species in July.119 species in August.121 species in September.61 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
165 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 165Speciesrecorded more than once
- 61Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,455Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,301 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 2Owls
- 32Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 20Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 76Songbirds
- 11Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 165 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Ducks & geese20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-naped CraneGrus vipioVU
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds76 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Pallas’s grasshopper warblerLocustella certhiola
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Siberian Blue RobinLuscinia cyane
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Asian Short-toed LarkAlaudala cheleensis
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Baikal Bush WarblerLocustella davidi
- Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaCR
- Pallas's Reed HuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mongolian LarkMelanocorypha mongolica
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Tristram’s BuntingEmberiza tristrami
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- White-crowned Penduline TitRemiz coronatus
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Radde’s warblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Locustella tacsanowskiaLocustella tacsanowskia
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from August to September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-14°/-23°2 mm
- Feb-9°/-20°2 mm
- Mar0°/-12°4 mm
- Apr10°/-3°10 mm
- May19°/4°24 mm
- Jun25°/11°45 mm
- Jul28°/14°53 mm
- Aug26°/12°40 mm
- Sep19°/4°23 mm
- Oct8°/-4°9 mm
- Nov-4°/-13°5 mm
- Dec-13°/-21°3 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ganga Lake.
Lake in Mongolia
Ganga Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mongolia, 1,301 m above the sea.
165 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,455 open records.
The most recorded are the Dusky warbler, the Ruddy Shelduck and the Yellow-browed Warbler.
57 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including White-naped Crane, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from August to September.
Get there and watch
- Ovootnearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Xilinhot Airport (XIL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 215 km in a straight line
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmORGILUUN BULAG, Ganga nuir
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Ganga Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmDariganga Volcanic Field · 9.0 kmDari Ovoo1,354 m · 15 kmBogd Uul · 23 kmHaraat Uul · 24 kmAgĭt Tolgoy · 25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5520992) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,455 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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