Field signs. Major, a typical water bird with a huge beak, equipped with bottom-wide yellow podklyuvnym bag. The mass of male - to 11 kg, females - up to 10 kg. White plumage with pinkish tinge, legs with large membrane and bare lots of skin around the eyes are yellow. Raduzhina dark red. Plavaya, casting a head and neck back to back (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995). Distribution. For the territory of Central Siberia zaletny rare species. Brought into the Red Book of Russia. Surrounding nesting sites - shallow lake, river deltas with a long drive plants in Kazakhstan and Mongolia. For the edges zalet known in Evenkiyu spring 1945 (64 ° 10 'N): a young bird in the second cluster Attire was produced at 8 km from Tours (Andreev, 1974; Rogacheva, 1988; Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995). Habitats. Melkovodnye lake, river deltas with a long drive vegetation (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995).  Reproduction. Gnezditsya colonies are very rare - the individual pairs. Masonry - White 1-3 Egg with thick lime bloom (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995).
Nutrition. Fishes medium-sized (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995). Number. Perhaps the single zalety (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995). References. |
