The press service of Mospriroda reported that in the first half of 2023, 150 records of wildlife objects were carried out. According to experts, more than 3,000 species of protected vertebrates and invertebrates live in Moscow's specially protected natural areas.
Special attention is paid to the representatives of the Red Book of Moscow when accounting. This year, Mospriroda specialists have recorded 75 species from it. In addition, they took into account 30 species from the supervisory list, which includes animals, plants and fungi that need constant monitoring and supervision.
Among the Red Book animals, 23 species of mammals, 113 species of birds, 3 species of reptiles, 5 species of amphibians, 30 species of invertebrates and one pike were identified.
This year, the specialists of Mospriroda met three species of birds with a zero category of rarity, that is, they were considered probably extinct. Klintukh, a green woodpecker and a black kite were spotted in the Moskvoretsky Nature and Historical Park.
Among the representatives of the first category of rarity, seen in different natural territories, are the hare-hare, ermine, medium spotted woodpecker, gogol, red forest ant, reddish rocker, as well as lapwing and purple T-shirt. Also, experts met woodcock, field lark, common buzzard, whistling teal, herbalist and multicolored buzzard.
In the natural territories of the capital, you can also meet animals with the second category of rarity. Among them are carterocephalus palemon, white hare and forest marten, yellow woodpecker, gray owl, brown-headed nut, river tern, gray partridge, common newt, common grass snake, white-necked flycatcher, mourner, pretty girl.
Animals with the third category of rarity also live in Moscow. Among them are the sparrow owl, the forest bumblebee, the wood pigeon, the common kestrel, the reed warbler, the dawn, the common beaver, the chomga, the crested black, the edge-eyed egeria and the golden bronze.
In addition, an unusual bird for Moscow was spotted in the Altufevsky Nature Reserve and in the Ostankino Natural History Park. The Mandarin duck, listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation under the third category of rarity, usually lives in the Amur and Sakhalin regions, as well as in the Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories.
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