2023/2024 Birdwatching Mongolia

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Birdwatching Mongolia

$ US 2,799 or 2,865 €

Key Information

Trip Length: 16 days/15 nights.
Trip Type: Moderate.
Tour Code: SMT-BWT-16D
Meeting/Departure Points: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (excluding flights).
Small Groups: 2-16 travelers-guaranteed!.
Valid Season: May-September.
Regular Group Departures-2023:  May 20, June 10, July 15, August 05, September 09
Regular Group Departures-2024:  May 25, June 15, July 20, August 03, September 07
Tour Customizable: Yes.

Tour Highlights: Upon your arrival in Ulaanbaatar New Airport, meet Samar Magic Tours team. Mongolia Bird watching Expedition takes place in remote wilderness areas of Mongolia. This Expedition requires flexibility, tolerance and spirit of adventure of every journey participant due to the remote wilderness areas. Cars have a hard time. Anyhow the tourism infrastructure has somewhat developed.

Best Times for Wildlife in Mongolia: Late May-September is the best time to visit Mongolia, when most of the bird summer visitors have arrived and many passage migrants are moving through although this is usually too late to see Black-billed Capercaillies. Be prepared for cold temperatures, especially at night, and snow even in June.

Grus monacha : The hooded crane is a small, dark crane. It has a grey body. The top of the neck and head is white, except for a patch of bare red skin above the eye. It is one of the smallest cranes, but is still a fairly large bird, at 1 m (3.3 ft) long, a weight of 3.7 kg (8.2 lbs) and a wingspan of 1.87 m (6.2 ft). The hooded crane breeds in Mongolia.

The hooded crane is evaluated as Vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Grus Grus: The common crane, also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. The common crane is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane. It is 100–130 cm (39–51 in) long with a 180–240 cm (71–94 in) wingspan. The body weight can range from 3 to 6.1 kg (6.6 to 13.4 lb), with the nominate subspecies averaging around 5.4 kg (12 lb). The common crane is omnivorous, as are all cranes. It largely eats plant matter, including roots, rhizomes, tubers, stems, leaves fruits and seeds.

Grus nigricollis:The black-necked craneis a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the steppes on Mongolia. It is 139 cm (55 in) long with a 235 cm (7.8 ft) wingspan, and it weighs 5.5 kg (12 lbs). It is whitish-gray, with a black head, red crown patch, black upper neck and legs, and white patch to the rear of the eye. It has black primaries and secondaries. Both sexes are similar. Some populations are known to make seasonal movements. It is revered in Buddhist traditions and culturally protected across much of its range. This medium-sized crane is mostly grey with a black head and neck. The lores and crown are naked and dull red. A small patch of white feathers are present below and behind the eye. The tail is black and makes it easy to distinguish at a distance from the similar looking common crane, which has grey tail. The black-necked crane summers mainly in the high altitude of Mongolia.

Grus vipio: The white-naped crane is a bird of the crane family. It is a large bird, 112–125 cm (44–49 in) long, approximately 130 cm (4 ft) tall and weighing about 5.6 kg (12 lbs) with pinkish legs, grey and white striped neck, and a red face patch. The white-naped crane breeds in northeastern Mongolia. Its diet consists mainly of insects,seeds,roots, plants and small animals. Due to ongoing habitat loss and overhunting in some areas, the white-naped crane is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.