About the Saker Falcon Situation in the Southern Balkhash Region in the South-East of Kazakhstan

The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) has been a breeding and wintering species in the southern shore of Lake Balkhash region for the last two decades. There is a publication describing the first known case of the Saker Falcon nesting there in 2013 and the wintering of a pair in the transition landscape...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Altai Zh. Zhatkanbaev, Sergey S. Shmygalev, Nurlan M. Dosov, Aleksey A. Grachev, Ermek S. Musyrpanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LLC Sibecocenter 2023-10-01
Series:Пернатые хищники и их охрана
Subjects:
Online Access:http://rusraptors.ru/index.php/RC/article/view/445
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) has been a breeding and wintering species in the southern shore of Lake Balkhash region for the last two decades. There is a publication describing the first known case of the Saker Falcon nesting there in 2013 and the wintering of a pair in the transition landscape of wetland to desert biome landscape of this geographical area (Zhatkanbaev, 2014). By the end of 2017, the nesting population of the species numbered at least 20 pairs.
ISSN:1814-0076
1814-8654