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Colonial Nesting Birds of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan (Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes)

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This study reports recent data on the distribution and breeding abundance of seven species of colonial birds on the coast of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan. Over the past 30 years, three species of cormorants (great, Japanese, and pelagic cormorants), as well as the black-faced spoonbill, have significantly increased their numbers. The number of breeding pairs of gray heron and Chinese egret decreased, while the numbers of the little egret did not change.

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  1. Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia

    I. M. Tiunov

  2. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia

    I. O. Katin

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Tiunov, I.M., Katin, I.O. Colonial Nesting Birds of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan (Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes). Russ J Mar Biol 46, 405–411 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074020060103

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