English: Common Redpoll, Lesser Redpoll           
Russian: Обыкновенная чечетка      
Mongolian: Дөлөн цэгцүүхэй
German: Birkenzeisig     
French: Sizerin flamme            
Japanese: ベニヒワ (Beni-hiwa)

Body length: 11.5-14 cm
Wing span: 19-22 cm

Winter visitor /passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 4-5
Egg colour: Palish-blue with dark purple or reddish-brown spots, blotches.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

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

Habitat: Breeding habitats in Mongolia consist of birch scrub, mixed conifer and birch woodlands, areas of scrub or bushes, often high in trees, but at times at ground level. The nest is a small untidy cup of fine twigs and plant stems, lined with finer plants, feathers and hair.