Mongolia Ramsar wetland
Khar-Us Lake
145 bird species recorded; the most in June.
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This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.9 species in March.2 species in April.80 species in May.121 species in June.97 species in July.101 species in August.81 species in September.51 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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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
145 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).
- 145Speciesrecorded more than once
- 98Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,754Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,160 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 1Owls
- 21Waders
- 11Gulls & seabirds
- 24Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 56Songbirds
- 9Other 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 145 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
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
Gulls & seabirds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds56 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Asian Short-toed LarkAlaudala cheleensis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Pale MartinRiparia diluta
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pallas's Reed HuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Mongolian LarkMelanocorypha mongolica
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Desert WarblerSylvia nana
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaCR
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pallas’s grasshopper warblerLocustella certhiola
- Mongolian Ground-jayPodoces hendersoni
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- European SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Pallas’s SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Hill PigeonColumba rupestris
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-12°/-21°2 mm
- Feb-8°/-18°3 mm
- Mar3°/-8°5 mm
- Apr12°/1°8 mm
- May19°/6°15 mm
- Jun25°/13°28 mm
- Jul27°/16°31 mm
- Aug24°/13°24 mm
- Sep18°/6°10 mm
- Oct9°/-1°6 mm
- Nov-1°/-10°4 mm
- Dec-11°/-18°3 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Khar-Us Lake.
Lake
Khar-Us Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mongolia, 1,160 m above the sea.
145 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,754 open records.
The most recorded are the Greylag Goose, the Great White Egret and the Great Cormorant.
93 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Horned Grebe and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Khovd Airport (HVD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 49 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
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Khar-Us Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmKhar-Us LakeBortle 1 · this place
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Khar-Us Lake
Mongolia
- 73Birdyas Score
- 145Species
- 98Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1323267) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,754 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 | Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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