English: Rock Sparrow
Russian: Каменный воробей
German: Steinsperling
French: Moineau soulcie
Mongolian: Хадны боршуу, Хадны бор шувуу
Japanese: イワスズメ (Iwa-suzume)

Body length: 15-17 cm
Wing span: 28-32 cm

Resident breeder
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 5-6
Egg colour: Greenish-white colour with brown spots speckles.
Brood:  1-2 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Arthropods, their larvae, seeds and fruits of various plants.

Habitat: Nests in holes in rock crevices and cracks, tree hollows, old buildings, walls, or in/under the nests of raptors and other birds in high mountain, edges of mountain forests, forest steppe, mountain steppe, desert steppe, the Gobi desert and river valleys. The nest is a domed structure of plant stalks and roots, lined with feathers, hair, down, cashmere, and wool.