Mongolia Ramsar wetland
Ögii Lake
222 bird species recorded; the most in May and from July to August.
Chongkian · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.39 species in April.185 species in May.161 species in June.172 species in July.176 species in August.140 species in September.21 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
222 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).
- 222Speciesrecorded more than once
- 165Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 11ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 25,993Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,332 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 27Raptors
- 1Owls
- 43Waders
- 18Gulls & seabirds
- 32Ducks & geese
- 7Herons, ibises & grebes
- 6Storks & cranes
- 71Songbirds
- 17Other 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 222 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Pallas’s fish eagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Gyps himalayensisGyps himalayensis
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNT
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders43 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Oriental DotterelCharadrius veredus
Gulls & seabirds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Relict GullIchthyaetus relictus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Vega GullLarus vegae
Ducks & geese32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Baer's PochardAythya baeriCR
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
Herons, ibises & grebes7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White-naped CraneGrus vipioVU
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Hooded CraneGrus monachaVU
- Siberian CraneGrus leucogeranus
Songbirds71 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Pere David's SnowfinchPyrgilauda davidiana
- Asian Short-toed LarkAlaudala cheleensis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mongolian LarkMelanocorypha mongolica
- Pallas's Reed HuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Pale MartinRiparia diluta
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaCR
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Pallas’s grasshopper warblerLocustella certhiola
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Pallas’s SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- Hill PigeonColumba rupestris
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
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 May and from July to August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-13°/-24°3 mm
- Feb-9°/-22°4 mm
- Mar0°/-13°7 mm
- Apr9°/-4°13 mm
- May16°/1°27 mm
- Jun23°/8°53 mm
- Jul24°/11°78 mm
- Aug22°/8°71 mm
- Sep16°/1°26 mm
- Oct6°/-6°12 mm
- Nov-4°/-14°6 mm
- Dec-12°/-21°3 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ögii Lake.
Lake in Ögii nuur, Arkhangai, Mongolia
Ögii Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Mongolia, 1,332 m above the sea.
222 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 25,993 open records.
The most recorded are the Ruddy Shelduck, the Common Tern and the Northern Lapwing.
157 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
11 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper and Horned Grebe.
The most species are recorded in May and from July to August.
Get there and watch
- Ugii Lake Camping Site (Tent)campsite · 1.7 km · 4 within 10 km
- Гэр түрээсplace to stay · 1.3 km · 35 within 10 km
- Dzegsteynearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Bulgan Airport (UGA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 132 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
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmШувуу ажиглах цэг
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmUgii Lake Camping Site (Tent), Sektor, Zagas barih and 1 more
- 35places to stay within 10 kmГэр түрээс, Хатан Өгийн жуулчны бааз, Saruul Ganb... Ger and 32 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Ögii Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmÖgii Lake24 km² · 1.4 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Ögii Lake
Mongolia
- 86Birdyas Score
- 222Species
- 165Migrants
- 11Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2000570) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 25,993 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 | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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