English: Water Pipit, Rock Pipit
Russian: Горный конёк
Mongolian: Харзны шийхнүүхэй
German: Bergpieper
French: Pipit spioncelle
Japanese: タヒバリ (Tahibari)

Body length: 15-18 cm
Wing span: 25-27 cm

Passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 4-6
Egg colour: Glossy whitish-grey with brown and pale grey spots.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Invertebrates and seeds of various plants.

Habitat: Breeding habitats are composed of alpine meadows, rocky slopes, and water-courses at high altitudes. Breeding pairs build their own nest in the ground near rocks, bushes and shrub in alpine and sub-alpine meadows and mountain tundra. The nest is a cup built into a hollow of plants stems and grasses and some moss, lined finer grasses or hair.