English: Small Snowfinch, Pere David’s Snow Finch          
Russian: Монгольский земляной воробей    
Mongolian: Монгол божирог, Монгол бор шувуу   

German: Davidschneefink      
French: Niverolle de David       
Japanese: モウコユキスズメ (Moko-yukisuzume) 

Body length: 12-15 cm
Wing span: 17.5 - 20 cm

Resident breeder
Breeding season: June - August

Egg number: 5-6
Egg colour: Glossless, or very slightly glossy white, or grayish white
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Terrestrial arthropods, their larvae and seeds of various plants. 

Habitat: Breeding pairs nest in deserted and old burrows of rodents-Brandt’s Vole, Mongolian Gerbil, Long-tailed Ground Squirrel, and Daurian Ground Squirrel – on the ground in arid steppe, mountain steppe and semi-desert with sparse vegetation. The nest is a cup of dried fine grass, plant steams and down, lined with finer grass, hair and feathers.