English: Eastern Marsh Harrier
Russian: Азиатский лунь
German: Mangroveweihe
French: Busard d’Orient
Mongolian: Дорны хулд
Japanese: チュウヒ (Chuhi)

Body Length: 43-54 cm
Wing span: 119-145 cm

Passage migrant /summer visitor
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 3-8
Egg colour: Bluish white with small reddish brown dots.
Brood: 1 per year

Global Status: Least concern
Regional Status:  Least Concern

Food:  Small rodents, birds, amphibians and insects.

Habitat: Dense reed beds and tall sedge grasses in the valley of lakes and rivers. The male passes food to the female in the air. On migration, it occurs singly, or in small numbers in open areas of forest steppe, steppe, in the valleys of lakes and rivers, and other types of wetlands.