English: Snow Bunting     
Russian: Пуночка        
Mongolian: Туйлын цасчхөмрөг 
German: Schneeammer      
French: Bruant des neiges                          
Japanese: ユキホオジロ (Yuki-hojiro)

Body length: 15-18 cm
Wing span: 22-28 cm

Winter visitor
Breeding season: May - August

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Seeds of various plants. 

Habitat: Most wintering and migrating individuals arrive in wintering and feeding sites by mid-lite November, depending on weather conditions. It forms large flocks consisting of 15-300 indiviuals and moves around and between areas where seeds of various plants are abundant. Large groups of the species leave the country by early February-late March, depending on seed, snow cover and air temperature.