According to official reports, rare birds listed in the Red Book, such as gray heron, moorhen and mandarin duck, were discovered in Ostankino and Severnoe Butovo parks in Moscow Web site mayor of the city. According to information obtained, gray herons have not nested in Moscow for about 20-30 years, usually these birds spend the winter in Western Europe or Africa.
However, if there is enough food in the environment, some will remain.
A gray heron was seen in Severnoye Butovo Park in early February. A moorhen was discovered in the Yauza River in Ostankino Park. Mandarin ducks were also seen in Yauza.
Moorhens are also rarely seen in the capital in winter. Typically, these birds prefer to winter in Western Europe, on the Black Sea coast, in Central Asia, in the subtropics and tropics.
Moscow mandarin ducks are introduced species, animals that have been deliberately or accidentally moved by humans out of their natural habitat into a new habitat. There are approximately 25 thousand pairs of mandarin ducks worldwide, and 15 thousand pairs of them live in Russia.
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