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This section organizes that variation geographically, starting with ",[19,20,21],"strong",{},"seven broad regions",": Russia, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Australia and Oceania, mirroring the structure used throughout the site's navigation.",[15,24,25],{},"Each region has its own overview page describing the range of habitats it covers, the species most characteristic of it, and the general rhythm of the birdwatching year there. Beneath each region, individual country and subnational pages — starting with a handful of the most relevant ones and growing over time — go into more local detail: specific reserves, migration bottlenecks, and species that are easy to find in one place but rare everywhere else.",[10,27,29],{"id":28},"how-to-use-a-regional-page","How to use a regional page",[15,31,32,33,38],{},"A regional or country page is not a full checklist of every species recorded there — that role belongs to specialist ornithological databases. Instead, it highlights the birds most likely to be seen by a visitor or resident during a typical outing: which species are truly resident year-round, which are seasonal migrants passing through at predictable times, and which reserves, parks, or coastlines offer the best concentration of bird activity. Where a species covered here also appears in the ",[34,35,37],"a",{"href":36},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy","species catalogue",", the regional page links directly to its full profile.",[15,40,41],{},"As the atlas grows, this page will also link to distribution maps that bring together migration routes and seasonal range shifts across all seven regions in one place.",{"title":43,"searchDepth":44,"depth":44,"links":45},"",2,[46,47],{"id":12,"depth":44,"text":13},{"id":28,"depth":44,"text":29},"\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Findex.png","Explore bird life region by region across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia and Oceania — with typical species and best places to watch.","md",[52,55,58],{"q":53,"a":54},"How is the atlas organized geographically?","The atlas is split into seven broad regions — Russia, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Australia and Oceania — matching the site's main navigation. Each region has its own overview page, with individual country or subnational pages added underneath as the atlas grows.",{"q":56,"a":57},"Does every country have its own page yet?","No. The atlas launches with a small set of country and regional pages under each continent and expands over time rather than trying to cover all roughly 195 countries at once.",{"q":59,"a":60},"What will I find on a country or regional page?","Each page covers the typical and characteristic species found there, the best places and seasons to go birdwatching, and any notable conservation issues affecting local bird populations.","Photorealistic nature photo, a wide landscape composition showing a white stork, Ciconia ciconia, flying over a patchwork of birch forest and open farmland typical of central Russia in early autumn, low mist along a river valley in the middle distance, scattered golden foliage, warm low-angle morning light from camera-right, 16:9",{},true,null,"atlas","\u002Fatlas","13.07.2026",1,{"title":70,"description":71},"Bird Atlas by Region — where to watch birds around the world","A regional guide to bird life across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia and Oceania, with typical species, seasonal patterns, and the best places to observe them.",{"loc":66},"atlas\u002Findex","uvDZ_KkJBeoTF_eh9DdDwrK9hPaduKIlHS30uQIJSG0",{"ru":63,"es":63},[77,83,88,93,98,103,108,113],{"title":78,"description":79,"path":80,"coverImage":81,"publishedAt":82,"order":64},"Bird Distribution Maps","Distribution maps show where a species breeds, winters, and passes through on migration — and reading them well is one of the fastest ways to judge whether a sighting makes sense.","\u002Fatlas\u002Fkarty-rasprostraneniya","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Fkarty-rasprostraneniya.png","14.07.2026",{"title":84,"description":85,"path":86,"coverImage":87,"publishedAt":82,"order":64},"Birds of Africa","Africa's savanna, rainforest, desert, and Rift Valley lakes support one of the richest bird faunas on Earth, and serve as the wintering grounds for huge numbers of European and Asian migrants.","\u002Fatlas\u002Fafrika","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Fafrika.png",{"title":89,"description":90,"path":91,"coverImage":92,"publishedAt":82,"order":64},"Birds of Asia","Asia stretches from Siberian taiga through Central Asian steppe and desert to the monsoon forests of the south and east, making it the most ecologically varied region in this atlas.","\u002Fatlas\u002Faziya","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Faziya.png",{"title":94,"description":95,"path":96,"coverImage":97,"publishedAt":82,"order":64},"Birds of Australia and Oceania","Long isolation has given Australia and the Pacific islands a bird fauna dominated by unique local lineages, from parrots and honeyeaters to the flightless birds of remote island groups.","\u002Fatlas\u002Favstraliya-i-okeaniya","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Favstraliya-i-okeaniya.png",{"title":99,"description":100,"path":101,"coverImage":102,"publishedAt":82,"order":64},"Birds of Europe","From Atlantic coastlines to Alpine peaks, Europe packs an unusually wide range of bird habitats into a relatively compact area.","\u002Fatlas\u002Fevropa","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Fevropa.png",{"title":104,"description":105,"path":106,"coverImage":107,"publishedAt":82,"order":64},"Birds of North America","North America stretches from Arctic tundra to subtropical wetland, and shares a surprising number of species and close relatives with the Eurasian sections of this atlas.","\u002Fatlas\u002Fsevernaya-amerika","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Fsevernaya-amerika.png",{"title":109,"description":110,"path":111,"coverImage":112,"publishedAt":82,"order":64},"Birds of Russia","Russia spans eleven time zones and habitats from Baltic wetlands to Far Eastern taiga, giving it one of the most varied bird faunas of any single country in this atlas.","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya.png",{"title":114,"description":115,"path":116,"coverImage":117,"publishedAt":82,"order":64},"Birds of South America","South America holds the richest bird fauna of any continent, from Amazon rainforest to Andean peaks and Patagonian steppe, and hosts many wintering songbirds and shorebirds from further north.","\u002Fatlas\u002Fyuzhnaya-amerika","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Fyuzhnaya-amerika.png",[],[],1787114551224]