Pelicans of the Volgograd and Kalmyk Sarpa lakes: some data on the distribution and numbers in 2021

Authors: Р. М. Аношин, Е. В. Гугуева, В. П. Белик, В. Э. Бадмаев, В. А. Осинская, П. С. Рожков

ГАУ «Московский зоопарк»; ГБУ ВО «ПП «Волго-Ахтубинская пойма»; «Союз охраны птиц России»; БУ РК «Дирекция особо охраняемых территорий Республики Калмыкия»

Source: 2021, pp. 110–119.

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Abstract

Reservoirs located in the Sarpinsk lowland continue to dry out, which is mainly due to climate aridization. In such conditions, reservoirs with anthropogenic-natural type of nutrition are becoming increasingly important for pelicans. Several such reservoirs were examined in the Svetloyarsky district of the Volgograd region, as well as in the Oktyabrsky and Yashkul districts of the Republic of Kalmykia. Pelicans, almost exclusively the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus), were found on man-made ponds in the Svetloyarsky district, up to 500+, and on three reservoirs in Kalmykia – the largest number, about a hundred, on the Deed-Hulsun fish pond.

Keywords: pelicans, Sarpa, numbers, distribution, reservoirs

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