The current breeding status of Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia in the Amur River Basin

Authors

  • Ivan M. Tiunov Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; State Natural Biosphere Reserve “Khankaysky”, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8394-6245
  • Liu Hyajin Xingkaihu National Nature Reserve
  • Cui Shoubin Qixinghe National Nature Reserve
  • Chen Yiwen School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China; State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Yuri N. Glushchenko Pacific Geographical Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9776-3167
  • Wang Fengkun Xingkaihu National Nature Reserve

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-2-272-283

Keywords:

Eurasian Spoonbill, Amur River Basin, Lake Khanka, Khankaysky Nature Biosphere Reserve, Xingkaihu National Nature Reserve, Qixinghe National Nature Reserve

Abstract

The article presents up-to-date data on the population of Eurasian Spoonbill in the Amur River Basin in Russia and China. According to the data of 2018-2022, the total number of breeding population is about 550–650 pairs, of which 400-500 pairs are nesting on the territory of China in Xingkaihu National Nature Reserve and Qixinghe National Nature Reserve of Heilongjiang Province, 150 pairs on the territory of Russia in Daursky Nature Biosphere Reserve and Khankaysky Nature Biosphere Reserve.

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