English: Saker Falcon, Common Falcon, Mongolian Falcon
Russian: Балобан
German: Wurgfalke
French: Fauson sacre
Mongolian: Идлэг шонхор
Japanese: ワシスギハヤブサ (Washisugi-hayabusa)

Body length:  47-57 cm
Wing span: 97-126 cm

Breeding visitor /Partial migrant
Breeding season: April-July

Egg number: 2-6
Egg colour: Reddish brown with dark brown spots, blotches and markings.
Brood: 1 per year

Global status: Vulnerable
Regional status: Vulnerable

Food: Insects, reptiles, small to medium sized birds and mammals.

Habitat: Breeding pairs nest in old and newly built nests of Northern Ravens, Upland Buzzards, Steppe Eagles, Golden Eagles, Black Kites, and rarely Cinereous Vultures and Black storks, placed on cliffs, trees, rock boulders, sandy precipices,  electric poles and pylons roofs of cattle shelters and deserted buildings, and on the ground.