English: Pallas's Sandgrouse
Russian: Саджа
German: Steppenflughuhn
French: Syrrhapte paradoxal
Mongolian: Монгол ногтруу
Japanese: サケイ(Sakei)

Body length: 27-41 cm
Wing Span: 63-78 cm

Scarse visitor
Breeding season: March-August

Egg number: 3 (occasionally 2-4)
Egg colour: Creamy greyish with dark brown, greyish brown spots, blotches.
Brood: 1 per year

Global status: Least Concern
Regional Status: Least Concern

Food: Seeds, green leaves and flowers

Habitat: Nest on the ground in open dry pebbly ground with short vegetation in steppe, desert steppe, and the Gobi Desert. The nest is a shallow hollow, without nest material or sparsely lined with grasses. In winter, large flocks consisting of 50-1000 individuals move to areas with thin snow cover and rich in seeds of plants such as Agriophyllum gobicum.