Summary We provide information on the initial stage of colonization of the Primorsky Territory (in the southern Russian Far East) by Little egret Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766). About 35 years have passed since the first detection of the species in the region and [...]
Summary Kryukov A.P. (2016) Unusual Concentrations of Crows on the Sea IceFar East. J.Orn. 5: 68—73. Download magazine
Summary A critical analysis of published information concerning the Ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770) in Upper Amur (Amur Region, Far East Russia) concluded that all birds ever been mentioned here in publications as Ferruginous ducks, were actually Baer’s Pochards Aythya baeri. [...]
Summary From 2011-2015, we noted that 2.8 – 5.6% of male penduline tits in southwest Primorye, Russia, started the breeding season by repairing nest-baskets unfinished from the previous year. In 55% of these cases, occupation of old nests took place in the first [...]
Summary Aural population surveys of owl species were conducted in the Antonovskoye Forest District of Khingansky Nature Reserve for the first time in 2015. The Ural owl was found to be the most abundant owl species with a breeding density of 5 [...]
Summary This article presents data of avifaunistic interest collected in 2004–2012 in different regions of Primorye (primarily on the Khankaisko-Razdol’nenskaya Plain) and some adjacent areas of the Northeast China (Heilongjiang Province). One species (red-billed starling) is introduced into the avifauna of the Russian Federation for [...]
Summary The family icruridae includes 20 to 26 species of peculiar tree passerine birds spread mainly in the low latitudes of the Old World from Africa and Madagascar to New Guinea and Northern Australia. The putative center of its origin of this family [...]
Summary The finding of a nest in Severnaya Lagoon supplements the pattern of current distribution of Spoon-billed sandpiper, as this is the only proved case of its breeding within the boundaries of Kamchatka Krai for the last 30 or 40 years. [...]
Summary The Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto was first detected in the Upper Pri-Amur in the summer of 1997 (Dugintsov 1997). There have been a number of observations within this decade that support the assertion that the region is being colonized by this species. [...]
Summary The Gyrfalcon Falсo rusticolus L. is one of rare falcon species, listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (RF). The state of its local population in Kamchatka keeps on deteriorating, mostly owing to poaching, which has acquired nearly industrial scale in the Kamchatka [...]