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Branta Cover Language of the article: Russian Cite: Andryushchenko, Y. A., Popenko, V. M., Chernichko, R. N., Andryushchenko, A. Y. (2017). Current status of wintering Anseriformes in the Syvash subregion. Branta: Transactions of the Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station, 20, 154-186 Keywords: Anseriformes, wintering, number, gatherings, Syvash subregion, trends Views: 1142 Branta copyright Branta license

Branta Issues > Issue №20 (2017)

Branta: Transactions of the Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station, 154-186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/branta2017.20.154

Current status of wintering Anseriformes in the Syvash subregion

Y. A. Andryushchenko 1, V. M. Popenko 1, R. N. Chernichko 1, A. Y. Andryushchenko 2

1 - Ornithological Laboratory of the South of Ukraine of I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of
NASU (the Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station);
2 - Department of Ecology and Zoology of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Melitopol State Pedagogical University.

The paper analyses our own field materials and literature sources on Anseriformes for the period 1998‑2017. However, the main comparable material was collected in 2005‑2017, primarily within the framework of the mid-winter waterbird censuses on 15‑25 January. The accumulated original material about this group of birds can be useful for the effective management of mass species, including hunting, as well as for the protection of vulnerable representatives of Anseriformes.
Given that the land is an integral part of the wetland, where a significant number of hydrophilic birds feed and rest (geese, river ducks, cranes, seagulls, waders and other species), Syvash Bay, together with the adjacent land area and other small bodies of water, represent a single Syvash subregion. The wintering has been proved for 26 species of Anseriformes (out of 38 occurring in Ukraine): Rufibrenta ruficollis, Anser anser, A. albifrons, A. erythropus, A. fabalis, Cygnus olor, C. cygnus, C. bewickii, Tadorna ferruginea, T. tadorna , Anas platyrhynchos, A. crecca, A. strepera, A. penelope, A. acuta, A. clypeata, Netta rufina, Aythya ferina, A. nyroca, A. fuligula, A. marila, Bucephala clangula, Oxyura leucocephala, Mergus albellus, M. serrator and M. merganser, and also, probably, Anas querquedula. Accidental flights of Melanitta nigra and, perhaps, Melanitta fusca was recorded.

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