13 birds found only in Russia (PHOTOS)

[Michie]

According to the latest data, there are roughly eight hundred species of birds in Russia, but only the following are considered endemic, which means they cannot be found anywhere else.

13. Gray-tailed tattler and Nordmann’s greenshank

Jason Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Ariefrahman (CC BY-SA 4.0)

These related birds are of the very extended family of sandpipers (snipe) - shorebirds; that is, those that live near water. The Nordmann’s greenshank inhabits the coasts of the Sea of Okhotsk and Sakhalin Island. While the Gray-tailed tattler has a much larger nesting area in the mountains of northeastern Siberia (including the Putorana Plateau), Chukotka and Kamchatka.

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13 birds found only in Russia (PHOTOS)

 

[Landon Caeli]

I found this one yesterday at my house:

 

[Michie]

I found this one yesterday at my house:
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A gorgeous boy!

 

[Landon Caeli]

A gorgeous boy!

I really wished I could have caught the bald eagle I saw up on the mountain last week. That was the first time I've ever seen one in the wild.

 

[Michie]

I really wished I could have caught the bald eagle I saw up on the mountain last week. That was the first time I've ever seen one in the wild.

Believe it or not, they are a regular sighting here but we live on the woods right along a river.

 

[Landon Caeli]

Believe it or not, they are a regular sighting here but we live on the woods right along a river.

I love being in the woods, especially in the morning, hearing the crows.

 

[Michie]

I love being in the woods, especially in the morning, hearing the crows.

We have all sorts of birds singing in the morning. It can be very relaxing!

 

[Petros2015]

Birds Arent Real

just kidding.
Beautiful pictures