[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":316},["ShallowReactive",2],{"atlas_en:\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fnovosibirskaya-oblast":3,"alt-locale:atlas_en:\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fnovosibirskaya-oblast":163,"section-listing:disabled":164,"related-covers:en:\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya|\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy|\u002Fopredelitel":165,"section-listing:atlas_en:\u002Fatlas":171,"section-listing:atlas_en:\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya":210,"section-collection:atlas_en":261},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"coverImage":122,"description":123,"extension":124,"faq":125,"imagePrompt":135,"meta":136,"navigation":137,"order":138,"pageType":139,"path":140,"publishedAt":141,"readingMinutes":142,"region":143,"relatedLinks":144,"seo":157,"sitemap":160,"stem":161,"updatedAt":138,"__hash__":162},"atlas_en\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fnovosibirskaya-oblast.md","Birds of Novosibirsk Oblast",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":114},"minimark",[9,14,27,34,38,62,88,92,107,111],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"the-baraba-steppe-and-the-ob-river-system","The Baraba steppe and the Ob river system",[15,16,17,18,22,23,26],"p",{},"Novosibirsk Oblast spans a broad stretch of the West Siberian plain, centered on the ",[19,20,21],"strong",{},"Ob river"," and dominated in its western half by the ",[19,24,25],{},"Baraba steppe",", a vast forest-steppe plain remarkable for the sheer density of shallow lakes and marshes scattered across its otherwise open terrain. This unusual combination of steppe and abundant wetland gives the Baraba steppe outsized importance for waterbirds relative to most other steppe landscapes, which typically offer far less standing water.",[15,28,29,30,33],{},"Just south of the regional capital, the city of Novosibirsk, the ",[19,31,32],{},"Ob Sea"," (Obskoye More), a large reservoir created by a Soviet-era hydroelectric dam, adds a further substantial body of open water and associated shoreline habitat to the region's wetland resources, complementing the naturally occurring lakes of the Baraba steppe further west.",[10,35,37],{"id":36},"typical-species-of-the-region","Typical species of the region",[15,39,40,41,46,47,51,52,56,57,61],{},"The Baraba steppe's many shallow lakes support significant numbers of the ",[42,43,45],"a",{"href":44},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fsery-gus","greylag goose"," and ",[42,48,50],{"href":49},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fkryakva","mallard"," during breeding and migration, while the ",[42,53,55],{"href":54},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fozernaya-chaika","black-headed gull"," nests colonially on marshy lake margins and small islands throughout the region. The ",[42,58,60],{"href":59},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fseraya-tsaplya","grey heron"," hunts the shallow, reed-fringed edges of both the Baraba lakes and the Ob Sea reservoir.",[15,63,64,65,46,69,73,74,78,79,46,83,87],{},"Across the region's open steppe and farmland, the ",[42,66,68],{"href":67},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fpolevoy-zhavoronok","Eurasian skylark",[42,70,72],{"href":71},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fchibis","northern lapwing"," are both widespread breeding species, and the ",[42,75,77],{"href":76},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fgrach","rook"," forms large, conspicuous colonies across the region's cultivated land. In areas of remaining forest-steppe woodland, the ",[42,80,82],{"href":81},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fbolshoy-pyostry-dyatel","great spotted woodpecker",[42,84,86],{"href":85},"\u002Fen\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy\u002Fvoron","common raven"," are both regularly encountered.",[10,89,91],{"id":90},"seasonality","Seasonality",[15,93,94,95,98,99,102,103,106],{},"Spring migration reaches Novosibirsk Oblast from ",[19,96,97],{},"April into May",", with geese and other waterbirds among the earliest arrivals to the Baraba steppe lakes as ice cover breaks up, and breeding activity across the region peaking through ",[19,100,101],{},"June"," during the short, warm West Siberian summer. Autumn migration runs from ",[19,104,105],{},"August through September",", with the Baraba lakes and Ob Sea again serving as important staging areas for waterbirds moving south ahead of the region's long, cold continental winter, during which bird activity is largely limited to hardy resident species in sheltered forest-steppe woodland.",[10,108,110],{"id":109},"conservation-notes","Conservation notes",[15,112,113],{},"The Baraba steppe's many lakes are sensitive to water level fluctuations linked to both natural climatic cycles and agricultural water use, with dry years significantly reducing the extent of shallow-water habitat available to breeding and staging waterbirds. The Ob Sea reservoir, while providing substantial open-water habitat, has also altered the natural flow regime of the Ob river locally, a trade-off common to large Soviet-era hydroelectric projects across Siberia, and continued monitoring of both systems remains important for the region's wider wetland bird populations.",{"title":115,"searchDepth":116,"depth":116,"links":117},"",2,[118,119,120,121],{"id":12,"depth":116,"text":13},{"id":36,"depth":116,"text":37},{"id":90,"depth":116,"text":91},{"id":109,"depth":116,"text":110},"\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fnovosibirskaya-oblast.png","Novosibirsk Oblast's Baraba steppe wetlands, the Ob river, and the vast Ob Sea reservoir make it one of West Siberia's most productive regions for steppe and waterbird species.","md",[126,129,132],{"q":127,"a":128},"What is the Baraba steppe and why does it matter for birds?","The Baraba steppe, covering much of western Novosibirsk Oblast, is a vast forest-steppe plain dotted with thousands of shallow lakes and marshes, a wetland density unusual for a steppe region that provides breeding and staging habitat for large numbers of geese, ducks, and gulls across an otherwise open, largely treeless landscape.",{"q":130,"a":131},"What is the Ob Sea?","The Ob Sea (Obskoye More) is a large reservoir on the Ob river just south of the city of Novosibirsk, created by a hydroelectric dam, and its extensive open water and shoreline habitat provide an additional, human-made wetland resource for waterbirds alongside the region's naturally occurring Baraba steppe lakes.",{"q":133,"a":134},"How does Novosibirsk Oblast's bird life compare with Altai Krai to the south?","Novosibirsk Oblast shares a broadly similar West Siberian forest-steppe and steppe character with neighboring Altai Krai, though its particular concentration of shallow Baraba steppe lakes and the presence of the large Ob Sea reservoir give it a somewhat stronger emphasis on wetland and waterbird habitat relative to Altai Krai's ribbon pine forest and Kulunda lake systems.","Photorealistic nature photo, Anser anser greylag goose standing prominently in the foreground on the shore of a shallow Baraba steppe lake in Novosibirsk Oblast, head lowered to graze, grey-brown plumage with a bright orange bill, sharp focus on the eye, soft-focus background of scattered reed beds, resting flock mates, and open water stretching into the wide flat West Siberian horizon, soft early evening light, 16:9",{},true,null,"atlas","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya\u002Fnovosibirskaya-oblast","05.08.2026",1,"Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia",[145,149,153],{"label":146,"path":147,"description":148},"Birds of Russia","\u002Fatlas\u002Frossiya","Overview of bird life across Russia's regions",{"label":150,"path":151,"description":152},"Species catalogue","\u002Fvidy-ptic\u002Fvidy","Browse all bird species covered in the atlas",{"label":154,"path":155,"description":156},"Bird identifier","\u002Fopredelitel","Identify a bird you've seen by 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