English: Rough-legged Buzzard, Rough-legged Hawk
Russian: Зимняк, Мохноногий канюк
German: Rauhfussbussard
French: Buse pattue
Mongolian: Тарлан сар
Japanese: ケアシノスリ (Keashi-nosuri)

Body Length: 49-59 cm
Wing span: 123-140 cm

Winter visitor

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least Concern

Habitat: Most migrants arrive in wintering sites where Brandt's Vole (Lasiopodomys brandti) number is high and active in thin snow in mountain steppe, Caragana steppe and north desert steppe by early October-early November, depending on weather conditions. Individuals occur singly or in loose flocks of 3-6 individuals. They begin to move to the north by late February-early March.

Food: Prey predominantly on Brandt's Vole and Mongolian Gerbil.