English: White-cheeked Starling, Grey Starling, Ashy Starling
Russian: Серый скворец
Mongolian: Бор тодол
German: Weisswangenstar
French: Etourneau gris
Japanese: ムクドリ(Mukudori)

Body length: 22-24 cm
Wing span: 36-38 cm

Breeding visitor /passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 4-5
Egg colour: Very pale bluish-green, or greenish azure.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Invertebrates such as grasshoppers, crickets, beetles and their larvae.

Habitat: Breeding pairs nest in holes of mostly poplar trees in deciduous and mixed forests in high mountains, edges of mountain taiga, forest steppe, river valleys and patched woodlands in mountain steppe. They nests in colonies of up to 20 breeding pairs. The nest is, made of dry grasses, stems, and leaves, lined with softer plant matter and feathers.