SAKER FALCON -NATIONAL BIRD FOR MONGOLIA

This is the first announcement of the National Bird vote result in Mongolia.

Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) is the National Bird for Mongolia.

Members of the Mongolian Ornithological Society and Ornithological Laboratory of the National University of Mongolia organized a vote to decide the National Bird covering Mongolian citizens living in different provinces and cities with different age, sex and education for the last 3 years.

The results of the vote indicate Saker falcon was favored (47.5%), Mongolian Lark (15%), Gyr Falcon (12.2%), White-naped Crane (4.6%), Steppe Eagle (3.2%), Whooper Swan (2.7%), Golden Eagle (2.2%), Cinereous Vulture (1.0%), Northern Raven (0.8%), Pallas’s Sandgrouse (0.6%) etc...

All downloadable photographs of the National bird, Saker Falcon are available at www.mos.mn.