English: White-throated Bushchat, Hodgson’s Bushchat  
Russian: Большой чекан
Mongolian: Өгөөлэй шулганаа

German: Mattenschmatzer
French: Tarier de Hodgson
Japanese: オオノビタキ (O-nobitaki)

Status: Rare species. According to the IUCN Red List categories and criteria, the species evaluated as- Near Threatened.

Distribution and Range: Winters in Southeastern Altai, Siikhem range, northwestern parts of the China, Himalaya mountain range in Indo-China peninsula, Nepal, North Bengal. In Mongolia: Distributed throughout high mountain ranges of Altai and Khangai. In the Mongolian Altai Range system: Siilkhem, Tsast, Munkhairkhan, Khokh Serkh, Khasagtkhairkhan mountains and estuaries of the Borig, Khujirt, Bodonch Rivers, and Ulaan Davaa Crossing; In the Khangai Mountain Range: Otgontenger, Chuluut, Buyant, Bumbat, Bogd, Zavkhan, Shargaljuut and Ongiin Rivers, in areas with elevation above 2100m.

Habitat: High mountains, taiga, mountain-steppes and wetland damp meadows. These species nest and forage in Mongol Altai at elevation of 2500-3100m above sea level (a.s.l), at Munkhkhairkhan at 2800-3100m a.s.l., at the Dayan Nuur at 2600m, Ulaan Davaa crossing and the Bodonch river mouth at 2600m a.s.l., Khangai Mountain at 2400-2600m a.s.l.

Population and Threats: Population not assessed. Extreme air and soil temperature fluctuations, sudden drops of temperature at high mountains negative affects eggs and chicks survival and development.

Conservation measures: Included as Rare animal in the Annex to the Mongolian Government Resolution #7 (2012). Most of the nesting habitats are included within the NSPAN.

Further actions: Study its distribution, population abundance, reproductive biology, create and implement a conservation management plan for high altitude birds, raise public awareness.