In today's article, you will be presented with the birds of the Leningrad region, their high quality photos and names, ways of life and habits. Well then, let's get started.
The shorebird is one of the smallest swallows. Its dimensions are only 12 cm, the wingspan does not reach 30 cm. But, it is still slightly larger than its relative, the little swallow. The mass of the coaster is 11-15 grams.
The barn swallow is also called the orca swallow. This is a small bird of small dimensions from 14 to 19 cm. The wingspan is 30-34 cm. The weight is about 17-20 g.
Funnel - she is an ordinary city swallow. The structure, as is typical for all representatives of the Hirundinidae family, is elongated. Dimensions 12-17 cm, wingspan 22-33 cm. It weighs about 20 g.
Larks – Alaudidae
The skylark is known for its melodious singing. Lives everywhere. The only place where you will never meet a field lark is a forest. Males are easy to distinguish from females. Firstly, they are more massive, and secondly, only males sing. Females lead a silent lifestyle.
Wagtails - Motacillidae
Forest horse - also known as forest chevritsa. Slightly smaller than a sparrow in size. Dimensions up to 16 cm.
The meadow pipit is somewhat smaller than its forest relative. Dimensions do not exceed 15 cm.
The yellow wagtail - like other wagtail species, has a characteristic long tail. Loves water, often found near ponds.
The white wagtail is a small bird 16-19 cm long. Like all members of its family, it stands out with its long tail. Weight does not exceed 23 g.
Shrikes – Laniidae
The common shrike is also known as the shrike. Feeds on insects. The size is small - up to 18 cm. Dimensions up to 28 g.
Orioles - Oriolidae
Oriole - dimensions no more than 25 cm, weight - from 50 to 90 g. The character is noisy, but asocial. Doesn't like society. Most often found alone, sometimes in pairs.
Starlings - Sturnidae
The common starling is a small member of its family. Likes to sing. Dimensions - 18-22 cm, weight - up to 75 g.
Corvids - Corvidae
The jay is a fairly large bird. In length up to 40 cm, and the mass is about 150-200 g.
Magpie is one of the most smart birds. Scientists have even found that they have a number of rites, including the rite of regret. By the way, besides the parrot, this is the only bird that can recognize itself in the mirror.
The jackdaw is one of the smallest members of the Corvidae family.
The rook is omnivorous, but mainly feeds on worms and insect larvae. They like to fly over fields where cultivation works are carried out.
Gray crow - an average of up to 50 cm in length. It weighs approximately 800 g. It feeds on both insects and garbage left after a person.
- is the largest representative of passeriformes. Weight reaches 1600 gr. According to some sources before 2000.
Waxwings - Bombicillidae
The waxwing is a small member of the Bombicillidae family. It reaches a length of 23 cm, weight no more than 67 g. It belongs to the singing species.
Dipper - Cinclidae
Dipper - popularly known as the water sparrow. Lives along the banks of rivers or lakes. Feeds on small aquatic life. A special characteristic is the ability to swim well.
Wrens – Troglodytidae
Wren - it is also called a nut. The only representative of the family Troglodytidae. Very small specimen weighing up to 12 g.
Zavirushkie - Prunellidae
The forest hawker is a very small individual, no larger than a sparrow. Dimensions up to 14 cm, weight - up to 20 g.
Warblers – Sylviidae
The warbler badger is a small individual up to 13 cm in length. Weight no more than 15 g. Male and female are almost the same.
Garden warbler - its average length reaches 15 cm (maximum 17 cm). Weight from 9 to 15 g. characteristic feature this individual is an imitation of the voices of other birds.
The Marsh Warbler is a singing species with a length of up to 13 cm. The mass does not exceed 14 g. The male and female are of the same color.
The reed warbler is a small individual up to 13 cm in length and weighing no more than 15 g. It moves very quickly through the air at a speed of 10 m/s.
Thrush warbler is a small bird up to 19 cm in length. Weight up to 36 g. Both the male and the female have the same color.
The Green Mockingbird is a small member of the Acrocephalidae family. Dimensions no more than 13 cm.
Warbler-chernogolovka - a small individual with a mass of up to 22 g. Length up to 15 cm. Chicks in their youth look like a female.
Garden warbler - the maximum length is 15 cm, weight - up to 22 cm. Females and males have the same color, but the plumage of the chicks is more dull in color.
The gray warbler is a small bird (smaller than a sparrow). Lives on bushes, in the truest sense of the word, especially on nettles, where she likes to twist her nests.
Warbler-miller - she is also a warbler-winter. About 13 cm long, weight does not exceed 16 g.
Willow warbler is a small bird up to 13 cm long. The mass does not exceed 11 g. Both males and females have an identical appearance.
Chiffchaff - representative forest world. Very small - up to 12 cm in length. Weight does not exceed 7-8 g.
Ratchet warbler - in favorable conditions can live up to 8 years. Dimensions - 11-13 cm, weight - no more than 13 g.
Kinglets -Regulidae
The yellow-headed kinglet is a small individual with a spherical body structure. The neck is short, the tail too, the head is large. Dimensions 9-10 cm, weight up to 8 g.
Flycatchers - Muscicapidae
Pied flycatcher - males have a brighter color, females and young chicks are paler. Weight does not exceed 19 g, length - up to 16 cm.
The Lesser Flycatcher is a very small member of its family. The mass of an adult does not exceed 11 g.
The gray flycatcher has long wings and a tail. The legs are very short and dark, similar in color to the color of the beak. It feeds in the "air", hunting for flying insects. Usually she climbs to a hill and from there attacks her prey. After that, he returns to the hill again.
Thrush - Turdidae
Meadow coin is a small bird. Dimensions up to 14 cm, weight - about 20 g. good conditions can live up to 8 years.
The common wheatear is a small member of the Turdidae family. Dimensions up to 15 cm, weight no more than 28 g. Males are brighter in color than females.
The common redstart is small in size, up to 15 cm in length. He constantly twitches his red tail, which makes it look like it's on fire. Hence its name.
Robin - they have rather long legs. This migratory species. Males and females sing. However, females have a wider range of notes.
The common nightingale is a moisture-loving bird. The maximum population growth is observed in forests. There is also his favorite place a habitat.
Bluethroat is a little smaller than a common sparrow.
Fieldfare - known for its protective function bombardment with litter. They bombard with droppings not only birds, but also a person, if he comes to them in the colony.
The blackbird is a large member of its family.
Whitebrow - a whitish-yellow drop is located above the eyes, hence it got its name.
Song Thrush - length up to 25 cm, weight no more than 100 g. It feeds on invertebrates.
Deryaba - length up to 27 cm, weight no more than 140 g.
Long-tailed tits - Aegithalidae
The mullet - or long-tailed titmouse. A small individual weighing less than 10 g.
Titmouse - Paridae
Fluffy - or brown-headed tit. Length up to 14 cm, weight - about 14 g.
Crested Tit - known as the Grenadier. Length up to 14 cm, weight no more than 14 g.
Moskovka - mainly lives in coniferous forests.
Lazorevka - in size much inferior to the great tit.
The Great Tit is the largest bird in Europe.
Nuthatches - Sittidae
The common nuthatch is a small frisky bird.
Pike - Certhiidae
The common pika is a small bird with a curved beak and stiff plumage.
Passerines - Ploceidae
House sparrow - length up to 18 cm, weight no more than 37 g.
The field sparrow is a small, active member of its family. Length no more than 14 cm.
Finches - Fringillidae
The finch is about the size of a sparrow.
Common greenfinch is a small bird up to 17 cm long.
Chizh - no more than 12 cm long, weight - 14 g.
Goldfinch is a small bird up to 20 cm in length. Weight at the same time does not exceed 20 g. Outwardly, females almost do not differ from males.
Linnet is a small bird 16 cm long. Weight up to 22 g.
Common lentil - lives in bushes, in forests and near rivers. Prefers places with large thickets. Leads an asocial lifestyle, preferring not to catch the eye of a person.
Crossbill - sparrow - a little more than an ordinary sparrow. Like a parrot, this individual uses its beak to more easily climb trees.
The common bullfinch is small, slightly larger than a sparrow.
Common Grosbeak - loves apple orchards and forests. Medium sized bird.
Oatmeal – Emberisidae
Common oatmeal is a fairly large representative of its family. The male is brighter than the female.
Reed bunting is an average bird up to 16 cm long.
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IN Leningrad region many birds nest and feed. The rather colorful and sonorous family of finches especially attracts the attention of people. What kind of birds of the Leningrad region make up this family?
Finch
Until the middle of summer, you can hear the beautiful song of the chaffinch, which arrives in Russia from March to April. Arrival time depends on what kind of spring it was. From mid-May, birds arrange masonry and begin to hatch chicks. Chaffinches nests are most often found in pine, birch and alder. However, they can also settle on other trees. However, finches sometimes have to rebuild the nest several times, because it often turns out to be ruined. The chicks are fed on insects that are easy to find (spiders, larvae, sometimes flies), seeds and small grains. From the second half of August to September, many birds of the Leningrad region, including finches, fly away in search of food and warmth.
Greenfinch
This bird's voice can be confused with a bullfinch, tit or sparrow. She loves to dilute her trills with phrases borrowed from other pichugs. Zelenushka is also included in the list of "Birds of the Leningrad region of the finches family" and is found quite often in the south and west of the region. And in the north and east, meetings with her are quite rare. These birds love to settle near people. Therefore, greenfinch can be seen in old parks. But it is also found on the forest edges near the fields. The pichuga chooses places where there is spruce undergrowth. Since it feeds on the seeds of various weeds, it flies from one region to another during the summer in search of fresh food. At the end of April and in May, males sing for a long time, sitting on the tops of trees.
And what other birds of the Leningrad region are finches? Of course, the well-known siskin! These Leningrad region are amazing, one might even say special. And all because if the siskins have enough food, then they can stay for the winter. When there is not enough food, they behave like migrants - they fly away in the fall, and arrive only in the spring. Sometimes marked birds make swift flights, covering 160 km a day. At the same time, ringed siskins, for example, in Finland, can be registered in almost all European countries. The main diet of the siskin is alder and spruce. Siskins are social birds. They not only look for food together in flocks, but also nest big families, placing nests like a hostel. Chizh's first song can be heard already in February. And in May, the females begin to incubate offspring, which they feed with seeds.
Goldfinches in the Leningrad region can be found almost all year round. But still, most of the birds of this species prefer to fly to areas richer in food for the winter. The goldfinch settles on open places rich in burdock and other weeds. From April to the end of August, you can hear the singing of males. But with good weather, they can sing until October. Goldfinches manage to hatch two broods during the summer, feeding the chicks mainly with burdock seeds, ovaries of grass flowers, as well as ovaries of elm and linden. Along the way, adults are collected for the younger generation and small larvae of flower flies, caterpillars. If someone is interested in the birds of the Leningrad region with a photo, then, looking at the pictures, he will definitely draw conclusions: the advantages of goldfinches lie in their bright beauty
Species most common on the territory of the Leningrad region and St. Petersburg (70 species of the order Passeriformes)
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According to International Union ornithologists, as of January 2017, the Bird class is subdivided into 40 orders, 238 families, 2294 genera and 10672 species(not counting 156 extinct species). In St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, 328 species belonging to 61 families of 21 orders have been registered during the entire period of research. In this issue, we tried to show the reader the most common birds for our places. Therefore, in the first part, we limited ourselves to a systematic list and photographs of 70 species belonging to 22 families of one, but the most numerous, order - Passeriformes. The second part includes 61 species belonging to 21 families of 15 orders. Species marked in red are listed in the Red Book of Nature of the Leningrad Region and require special protection.
Our newspaper is not a determinant, but in some cases it can tell you what kind of feathered friend you met on a walk. It is also useful to be able to look at remarkable diversity of the bird population of our region.
1. Family Swallow - Hirundinidae
1. Beregovushka– Riparia riparia
2. barn swallow– Hirundo rustica
3. Funnel– Delichon urbica
2. Family Larks - Alaudidae
4. field lark– Alauda arvensis
3. Family Wagtail - Motacillidae
5. forest horse– Anthus trivialis
6. meadow horse– Anthus pratensis
7. yellow wagtail– Motacilla flava
8. white wagtail– Motacilla alba
4. Family Shrike - Laniidae
9. common shrike– Lanius collurio
5. Family Orioles - Oriolidae
10. Oriole– Orolus oriolus
6. Starling family - Sturnidae
11. common starling– Sturnus vulgaris
7. Corvidae family - Corvidae
12. Jay– Garrulus glandarius
13. Magpie– pica pica
14. Jackdaw– Corvus monedula
15. Rook– Corvus frugilegus
16. Hoodie– Corvus cornix
17. Crow– Corvus corax
8. Family Waxwings - Bombicillidae
18. waxwing– Bombicilla garrulus
9. Olya family - Cinclidae
19. Dipper– Cinclus cinclus
10. Wren family - Troglodytidae
20. Wren– Troglodytes troglodytes
11. Family Zavirushkovye - Prunellidae
21. forest hawker– Prunella modularis
12. Family Warbler - Sylviidae
22. warbler badger– Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
23. garden warbler– Acrocephalus dumetorum
24. Marsh warbler– Acrocephalus palustris
25. reed warbler– Acrocephalus scirpaceus
26. Thrush warbler– Acrocephalus arundinaceus
27. green chuckle– Hippolais icterina
28. Warbler-chernogolovka– Sylvia atricapilla
29. garden warbler– Syvia borin
30. gray warbler– Sylvia communis
31. Warbler-miller, or Warbler - Sylvia curruca
32. Willow warbler– Phylloscopus trochilus
33. Chiffchaff– Phylloscopus collybita
34. Ratchet warbler– Phylloscopus sibilatrix
13. Family Korolkovye -Regulidae
35. yellow-headed beetle– Regulus regulus
14. Flycatcher family - Muscicapidae
36. Pied flycatcher– Ficedula hypoleuca
37. Lesser flycatcher– Ficedula parva
38. gray flycatcher– Muscicapa striata
15. Thrush family - Turdidae
39. Meadow coinage– Saxicola rubetra
40. common wheatear– Oenanthe oenanthe
41. common redstart– Phoenicurus phoenicurus
42. Robin– Erithacus rubecula
43. common nightingale– Luscinia luscinia
44. Bluethroat– Luscinia svecica
45. Fieldfare– Turdus pilaris
46. blackbird– Turdus merula
47. Belobrovik– Turdus iliacus
48. song thrush– Turdus philomelos
49. Misery– Turdus viscivorus
16. Family Long-tailed tits - Aegithalidae
50. ladle, or long-tailed tit - Aegithalos caudatus
As in other regions of our country, in the Leningrad region there are many diverse different birds. Representatives of the finches family are quite common, which stand out against the background of their relatives not only with a colorful color, but also with a sonorous voice. Let's get to know these birds of the Leningrad region better.
Popular birds
Finch
Beginning with early spring and up until the middle of summer, the hearing of local residents and not only pleases the beautiful song of the chaffinch. In this region he appears in March. But sometimes it can arrive later than usual. If this happens, then most often the reason for this is the late arrival of spring. Usually, already in the middle of May, finches make clutches, preparing for breeding. For the arrangement of their nests, finches choose trees common in this region, such as:
- pine;
- birch;
- alder.
At the same time, they can be found on other trees. But sometimes it happens that the nest has to be rebuilt, because someone has already visited it and ruined it. To raise chicks, finches get insects, they can also feed the brood with seeds and fine grains. Starting from the second half of August and up to September, most birds leave this region, and finches are no exception, which fly to spend the winter in those places where there is plenty of food and warmth.
Greenfinch
When you first see this bird, you might think that you have a bullfinch, tit or sparrow in front of you. And this is not surprising, since she, in her trills likes to add voices, which are published by other pichugs. Along with other birds of the Leningrad region, greenfinch is also a frequent inhabitant of it.
Since the basis of its feed is the seeds of various weeds, the greenfinch has to migrate from one area to another to find fresh food. From the end of April to the beginning of May, people rejoice at the first songs of greenfinch males - they perform long concerts that they give on the tops of trees.
Other types
If you have to stay in the Leningrad region for a long time, then you can meet this bird. It is worth saying that the siskin is truly unique bird. Often they can be found even in winter, provided that they have plenty of food. If there is a problem with him, then they have no reason to spend the winter here. Therefore, with the onset of autumn, they gather in warmer climes, and return only in the spring. Marked birds have repeatedly proven their endurance, thanks to which they manage to make rapid flights and overcome 160 kilometers a day.
Surprisingly, ringed siskins can be found in almost any country on the European continent. Siskins feed mainly tree seeds:
- birch;
- alder;
These birds are not used to living alone. Therefore, they can only be found in packs. So they are looking for food, as well as nesting, which resemble a hostel. The siskin begins to please people with its trill in February. With the advent of May, females begin to breed chicks, collecting seeds for them as food.
Goldfinch
The goldfinch is one of those birds that you can almost always meet in the Leningrad region, regardless of what time you decide to come to this region. But traditionally, these pichugs are accustomed to choosing more favorable places where there is plenty of food as a wintering place.
Favorite places for nesting goldfinches are open areas where there is plenty of burdock and other weeds. Males begin to display the first trills already in April, which do not die until August. If a warm autumn is issued, then you can hear the sonorous voices of these birds in October, but most of them do not remain for the winter.
Unlike other birds, goldfinches can breed two broods per season, feeding their offspring mainly with burdock seeds, flower and grass ovaries, and elm and linden ovaries. The younger generation does not refuse other food - small larvae of flower flies, caterpillars. If someone is lucky enough to be in the Leningrad region, then it is simply impossible not to notice the carduelis - these birdies attract the attention of everyone with their bright colors.
Conclusion
Perhaps someone will think that the Leningrad region is no different in terms of fauna from other places in our country, but this region may also surprise. Indeed, there are plenty of different birds here. And sometimes it happens that you can meet such representatives who should not be here. However, this can be easily explained - if there is enough food, then in the Leningrad region some birds can live all year round. Indeed, severe frosts are rarely issued in this region, so for birds this can become additional reason in order not to waste time and energy looking for more favorable places for wintering, but to stay here for the winter.
Birds of the Leningrad Region
