The conservation status of the Eastern Crane population and the compliance of the current state of this population with the criteria’s requirements for Category 2 of the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation assigned thereto are considered. Based on our analysis of the published data of the counts of this population number for 19 years during autumn migration in Russia and for 45 years at wintering grounds and the last few years at migration stops in China, it is proposed to consider returning this population to its former status, namely, Category 3 of the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation.
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Zhizn Zemli [Life of the Earth] 47, no 3
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Zhizn Zemli [Life of the Earth] 47, no 3
Zhizn Zemli [Life of the Earth] 47, no 3
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10.29003/m4743.0514-7468.2025_47_3/385-397
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Shilina A.P., Sorokin A.F.
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Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus), western population, eastern population, Red Data Book, Siberian crane conservation strategy
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Shilina A.P., Sorokin A.F. Nature protection status of the eastern population of the Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus) // Zhizn Zemli [Life of the Earth] 47, no 3, 385–397 (2025) (in Russ., abstr. in Engl.). DOI: 10.29003/m4743.0514-7468.2025_47_3/385-397.
Nature protection status of the eastern population of the Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
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- Bysykatova, I.P., Germogenov, N.I., “Siberian Crane Counts in Poyang Lake Basin, China, in Winter 2013/2014”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 13, 70–72 (2014) (in Russian).
- Vladimirtseva, M.V., Bysykatova, I.P., Zelepukhina, R.Kh., “Okhotskiy Perevoz Village as an Observation Point for Siberian Crane Migration in Southeastern Yakutia, Russia”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 12, 51–52 (2013) (in Russian).
- Vladimirtseva, M.V., “Siberian Crane Count During Autumn Migration in Southeastern Yakutia”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 13, 36–37 (2013) (in Russian).
- Vladimirtseva, M.V., Zelepukhina, R.Kh., “Fall migration of the Siberian Crane in Yakutia in 2017: a joint count along with volunteers from Okhotsky Perevoz Village”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 14, 35–39 (2018) (in Russian)
- Germogenov, N.I., “Waterbirds monitoring in Eastern Yakutia, Russia, in 2005”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 9, 44–46 (2005) (in Russian).
- Jifeng, J., “Changes in Siberian Crane foraging behavior in Poyang Lake, China”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 17, 94–98 (2023) (in Russian).
- Zelepukhina, R.Kh., Archibald, J., Yumin, Guo, Sal’vi, A., Smirenskii, S.M., Spirs, D., Datton, B., Vogel, L., Smirenskaya, E.M., Makarov, M.I., Vladimirtseva, M.V., “Features of the Siberian Crane autumn migration in the Middle Aldan River in Yakutia in 2018 and 2019”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 15, 63–68 (2020) (in Russian).
- Zelepukhina, R.Kh., Vladimirtseva, M.V., Goroshko, O.A., Il’yashenko, E.I., “Siberian Cranes count during the autumn migration through Okhotsky Perevoz Village, Middle Aldan River, Yakutia, in 2021”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 16, 45–48 (2018) (in Russian).
- Zelepukhina, R.Kh., Safonov, V.L., Safonova, N.K., Yelizarova, A.R., Vladimirtseva, M.V., “Count of migrating Siberian Cranes in Middle Aldan, Yakutia, in 2023”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 18, 85–90 (2024) (in Russian).
- Li, Guankhua, Vu, Tszyandon, Tszin, Tsziefen, Ven, Sibyao, Khe, Shuchin, Sao, Rui, Ksyao, Khuatszi, Zu, Nan, Tson, Shan, Yu, Shilyan, “Waterbirds Counts at Wintering Grounds in Poyang Lake Basin, China, in Winter 2012/2013”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 13, 68–69 (2014) (in Russian).
- Safonova, N.K., Safonov, V.L., Ryndov, S.K., Karabanova, A.A., Zelepukhina, R.Kh., Vladimirtseva, M.V., “Counting migratory Siberian Cranes in Middle Aldan, Yakutia, in 2022”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 17, 59–64 (2023) (in Russian).
- Safonova, N.K., Lukin, A.R., Lyasheyev, D.V., Tszyan Khusin, Zelepukhina, R.Kh., Vladimirtseva. M.V., “Siberian Crane Count During Autumn Migration in the Middle Aldan, Yakutia, in 2024”, CWGE Inform. Bull. 19, 62–66 (2025) (in Russian).
- Tszyan, Kh., Liu, V., Van, Yu., “Updated Population Estimate and Distribution of the Siberian Crane at Migration Stopovers in China”, Cranes of Eurasia (Distrubution, Biology) 6, 320–334 (2021) (in Russian).
- Chen, B., Cui, P., Xu, H., Lu, X., Lei, J., Wu, Y., Shao, M., Ding, H., Wu, J., Cao, M., Liu, G., “Assessing the suitability of habitat for wintering Siberian cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) at different water levels in Poyang lake area, China”, Polish J. of Ecology 64 (1), 84–97 (2016).
- Debela, M.T., Qingming, Wu, Lu, Chen, Xueying, Sun, Zhuo, Xu, and Zhe, Li, “Composition and Diversity of Over-Wintering Aquatic Bird Community on Poyang Lake, China”, Diversity 12 (308), 1–13 (2020).
- Fa-Wen, Qian, “The Conservation and Research of Siberian Crane in China”, Conservation Measures for the Siberian Crane. CMS Technical Series Publication 1, 77–79 (1999).
- Fengshan, Li, Jiandong, Wu, Harris, J., Burnham, J., “Number and distribution of cranes wintering at Poyang Lake, China during 2011–2012”, Chinese Birds 3 (3), 180–190 (2012).
- Shan, J.H., Ma, J.Z., Li, Y.K., Qian, F.W., Tu, X.B., “Population and distribution of the Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus) wintering in the Poyang lakes over the past decade”, Zoological Research 33 (4), 355–361 (2012) (in Chinese).
- Wang, W., Fraser, J.D., and Chen, J., “Wintering waterbirds in the middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain: changes in abundance and distribution”, Bird Conservation International 1 (2), 1–20 (2016).
- Weitao, Ji, Nanjing, Zeng, Yunbao, Wang, Peng, Gong, Bing, Xu & Shuming, Bao, “Analysis on the Waterbirds Community Survey of Poyang Lake in Winter”, Geographic Information Sciences 13 (1–2), 51–64 (2007).