[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":306},["ShallowReactive",2],{"atlas_en:\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya":3,"alt-locale:atlas_en:\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya":155,"section-listing:atlas_en:\u002Fatlas":156,"related-covers:en:":193,"section-listing:atlas_en:\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya":194,"section-collection:atlas_en":250,"section-listing:disabled":305},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"coverImage":127,"description":128,"extension":129,"faq":130,"imagePrompt":140,"meta":141,"navigation":142,"order":143,"pageType":144,"path":145,"publishedAt":146,"readingMinutes":147,"region":148,"relatedLinks":143,"seo":149,"sitemap":152,"stem":153,"updatedAt":143,"__hash__":154},"atlas_en\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya.md","Birds of Russia",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":119},"minimark",[9,14,18,21,25,57,80,84,104,107,111],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"a-country-too-large-for-one-bird-fauna","A country too large for one bird fauna",[15,16,17],"p",{},"Russia is by far the largest country covered in this atlas, spanning eleven time zones and a correspondingly vast range of habitats — Baltic coastal wetlands and mixed forest in the west, endless taiga and steppe across Siberia, and temperate forest bordering the Sea of Japan in the Far East. No single list of \"typical Russian birds\" can do justice to that range, which is why this overview page sits above a growing set of subnational pages rather than trying to summarize the whole country in one sweep.",[15,19,20],{},"The regional pages published alongside this overview — covering Moscow Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Krasnodar Krai, Primorsky Krai, and the Republic of Karelia — were chosen to represent that internal diversity from the start: central mixed forest and farmland, northwestern wetland and taiga near the Baltic, warm southern steppe and coast near the Black Sea, temperate Far Eastern forest with strong East Asian influence, and northern boreal forest and lake country near the Finnish border.",[10,22,24],{"id":23},"species-found-widely-across-russia","Species found widely across Russia",[15,26,27,28,33,34,38,39,43,44,33,48,38,52,56],{},"A core group of species covered in this atlas occurs across most of European and western Siberian Russia regardless of specific region, forming a useful baseline before looking at what makes each area distinct. Woodland and garden birds such as the ",[29,30,32],"a",{"href":31},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fbolshaya-sinitsa","great tit",", ",[29,35,37],{"href":36},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fzyablik","common chaffinch",", and ",[29,40,42],{"href":41},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fcherny-drozd","Eurasian blackbird"," are familiar across nearly the entire western and central part of the country, while corvids like the ",[29,45,47],{"href":46},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fseraya-vorona","hooded crow",[29,49,51],{"href":50},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fgrach","rook",[29,53,55],{"href":54},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fsoroka","Eurasian magpie"," are near-ubiquitous in both rural and urban settings.",[15,58,59,60,64,65,69,70,74,75,79],{},"Birds of prey such as the ",[29,61,63],{"href":62},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fkanyuk-obyknovenny","common buzzard"," and, in areas with large rivers and lakes, the ",[29,66,68],{"href":67},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Forlan-belokhvost","white-tailed eagle",", range widely across the country's forest and wetland zones, while waterfowl like the ",[29,71,73],{"href":72},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fkryakva","mallard"," and ",[29,76,78],{"href":77},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fsery-gus","greylag goose"," turn up on almost any suitable lake, river, or wetland from the western border to well into Siberia.",[10,81,83],{"id":82},"seasonality-across-the-country","Seasonality across the country",[15,85,86,87,91,92,95,96,99,100,103],{},"Russia's size means seasonal timing varies considerably by latitude and continentality, but a broad pattern holds across most of the country: spring migration brings returning breeders from roughly ",[88,89,90],"strong",{},"March through May",", with the height of singing and territorial activity concentrated in ",[88,93,94],{},"May",", when both migratory arrivals and resident species are most vocal and visible. Breeding continues through ",[88,97,98],{},"June and July",", and autumn migration carries many species south again from ",[88,101,102],{},"August through October",", after which the coldest, most continental parts of the country retain mainly hardy resident species such as tits, woodpeckers, and corvids through the winter months.",[15,105,106],{},"Milder western and southern regions, including parts covered by the Krasnodar Krai page, hold a noticeably larger share of resident and short-distance migrant species through winter than the colder continental interior, a distinction explored further on the individual regional pages.",[10,108,110],{"id":109},"conservation-context","Conservation context",[15,112,113,114,118],{},"Habitat pressures vary by region — wetland drainage and agricultural intensification affect farmland specialists like the ",[29,115,117],{"href":116},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fchibis","northern lapwing"," in western Russia, while large raptors such as the white-tailed eagle face ongoing risks from power-line collisions and, in some areas, historical persecution, despite meaningful recovery in recent decades. As more regional pages are added to this section, each will cover conservation issues specific to its own habitats alongside the country-wide picture given here.",{"title":120,"searchDepth":121,"depth":121,"links":122},"",2,[123,124,125,126],{"id":12,"depth":121,"text":13},{"id":23,"depth":121,"text":24},{"id":82,"depth":121,"text":83},{"id":109,"depth":121,"text":110},"\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya.png","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.","md",[131,134,137],{"q":132,"a":133},"Why does Russia get more initial coverage in this atlas than other regions?","Russia is the site's primary audience and also the largest single country by land area covered here. It spans eleven time zones and habitats from Baltic wetlands to Far Eastern taiga, so its bird fauna cannot be fully described on one page. The atlas already includes pages for Moscow, Leningrad, Sverdlovsk, Rostov, and Novosibirsk Oblasts; Krasnodar, Altai, and Primorsky Krais; and the Republics of Karelia and Crimea — with more regions to follow.",{"q":135,"a":136},"Is the bird life in Moscow similar to what you'd find in the Russian Far East?","Not closely. Central European Russia around Moscow sits in mixed birch-and-spruce forest and farmland, supporting species like the great tit, chaffinch, and common buzzard covered throughout this atlas, while the Far East around Primorsky Krai borders a completely different biogeographic zone influenced by East Asian fauna, illustrating just how much bird composition shifts across the country's eleven time zones.",{"q":138,"a":139},"When is the best time of year to see the most bird activity across Russia?","Late spring, roughly May, offers the richest activity across most of Russia: migratory species have returned and are singing on territory, resident species are also breeding, and daylight hours are at their longest, though specific regions and habitats — wetlands, forest, farmland, coast — each have their own best windows, covered in more detail on the individual regional pages.","Photorealistic nature photo, a white-tailed eagle soaring low over a wide taiga river valley in European Russia at sunrise, birch and spruce forest lining both banks, a thin veil of mist over the water, scattered geese visible on a gravel bar below, warm golden-pink light from camera-right catching the underside of the eagle's wings, 16:9",{},true,null,"atlas","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya","14.07.2026",1,"Russia",{"title":150,"description":151},"Birds of Russia — regional overview and typical species","An overview of bird life across Russia's eleven time zones, from typical forest and farmland species to wetland specialists, with seasonality and conservation notes.",{"loc":145},"atlas\u002Frossiya","s1DPtfIlWyt4lovfW1PMhKbTL0cXFLGGEhXHaO74l14",{"ru":142,"es":142},[157,162,167,172,177,182,187,188],{"title":158,"description":159,"path":160,"coverImage":161,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"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",{"title":163,"description":164,"path":165,"coverImage":166,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"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":168,"description":169,"path":170,"coverImage":171,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"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":173,"description":174,"path":175,"coverImage":176,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"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":178,"description":179,"path":180,"coverImage":181,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"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":183,"description":184,"path":185,"coverImage":186,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"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":5,"description":128,"path":145,"coverImage":127,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},{"title":189,"description":190,"path":191,"coverImage":192,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"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",[],[195,201,206,211,216,222,227,233,239,245],{"title":196,"description":197,"path":198,"coverImage":199,"publishedAt":200,"order":143},"Birds of Altai Krai","Altai Krai's forest-steppe landscape, unique ribbon pine forests, and thousands of steppe lakes make it one of southern Siberia's most productive regions for both open-country and waterbird species.","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Faltayskiy-kray","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Faltayskiy-kray.png","28.07.2026",{"title":202,"description":203,"path":204,"coverImage":205,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"Birds of Krasnodar Krai","Krasnodar Krai's warm Black Sea coast, Kuban River wetlands, and Caucasus foothills give it one of the mildest climates and richest winter bird communities in Russia.","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fkrasnodarskiy-kray","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fkrasnodarskiy-kray.png",{"title":207,"description":208,"path":209,"coverImage":210,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"Birds of Leningrad Oblast","Leningrad Oblast's Baltic coastline, taiga forest, and countless lakes and bogs make it one of the richest wetland and forest birding regions in northwestern 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species.","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fnovosibirskaya-oblast","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fnovosibirskaya-oblast.png","05.08.2026",{"title":223,"description":224,"path":225,"coverImage":226,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"Birds of Primorsky Krai","Primorsky Krai's temperate forests on the shores of the Sea of Japan sit at the meeting point of Siberian and East Asian bird faunas, making it one of Russia's most distinctive birding regions.","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fprimorskiy-kray","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fprimorskiy-kray.png",{"title":228,"description":229,"path":230,"coverImage":231,"publishedAt":232,"order":143},"Birds of Rostov Oblast","Rostov Oblast's Don river delta, Sea of Azov coastline, and steppe lake systems make it one of southern Russia's key wetland and steppe birding regions along the Sea of Azov flyway.","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Frostovskaya-oblast","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Frostovskaya-oblast.png","03.08.2026",{"title":234,"description":235,"path":236,"coverImage":237,"publishedAt":238,"order":143},"Birds of Sverdlovsk Oblast","Sverdlovsk Oblast straddles the low, forested ridges of the Middle Urals on the boundary between Europe and Asia, its dense taiga and river valleys supporting a classic boreal forest bird community.","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fsverdlovskaya-oblast","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fsverdlovskaya-oblast.png","27.07.2026",{"title":240,"description":241,"path":242,"coverImage":243,"publishedAt":244,"order":143},"Birds of the Republic of Crimea","Crimea's mix of Black Sea and Sea of Azov coastline, the vast Sivash wetland, and a warm Mediterranean-influenced south coast make it one of the most important birding regions on Russia's southern flyway.","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Frespublika-krym","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Frespublika-krym.png","30.07.2026",{"title":246,"description":247,"path":248,"coverImage":249,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"Birds of the Republic of Karelia","Karelia's dense boreal forest, thousands of lakes, and long northern summer days make it one of Russia's premier destinations for taiga and wetland birdwatching.","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Frespublika-kareliya","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Frespublika-kareliya.png",[251,257,258,259,260,261,266,267,272,277,278,283,288,289,290,291,292,293,294,295,296,297,298,299,300],{"title":252,"description":253,"path":254,"coverImage":255,"publishedAt":256,"order":143},"Bird Atlas by Region","Explore bird life region by region across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia and Oceania — with typical species and best places to watch.","\u002Fatlas","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Findex.png","13.07.2026",{"title":158,"description":159,"path":160,"coverImage":161,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},{"title":163,"description":164,"path":165,"coverImage":166,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},{"title":196,"description":197,"path":198,"coverImage":199,"publishedAt":200,"order":143},{"title":168,"description":169,"path":170,"coverImage":171,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},{"title":262,"description":263,"path":264,"coverImage":265,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"Birds of Australia","Australia's long isolation produced one of the world's most distinctive bird faunas, from parrots and honeyeaters in eucalyptus woodland to seabirds along its enormous coastline.","\u002Fatlas\u002Favstraliya-i-okeaniya\u002Favstraliya","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Favstraliya-i-okeaniya\u002Favstraliya.png",{"title":173,"description":174,"path":175,"coverImage":176,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},{"title":268,"description":269,"path":270,"coverImage":271,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"Birds of Brazil","Brazil holds most of the Amazon basin, the vast Pantanal wetland, and a long Atlantic coastline, giving it the highest bird species count of any country on Earth.","\u002Fatlas\u002Fyuzhnaya-amerika\u002Fbraziliya","\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Fyuzhnaya-amerika\u002Fbraziliya.png",{"title":273,"description":274,"path":275,"coverImage":276,"publishedAt":146,"order":143},"Birds of China","China's enormous range of climate zones and its position on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway make it one of the most consequential countries in the world for migratory bird 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