Ghizil-Agaj State Reserve

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Birds of Ghizil-Agaj State Reserve

Ghzil-Aghaj State Reserve (Template:Langx), meaning golden tree, was established on July 3, 1929, by the Committee on Protection of the Ancient and Art Monuments of Azerbaijan on an area of 884 km2 on Ghizil-Agaj Bay at the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea, in Lankaran District, southeastern Azerbaijan.

Creation

Ghizil-Aghaj State Reserve was created for protecting, creating conditions for wintering and nesting of migrant, swamp and wild birds in 1929.[1] Along with the reserve, there is also the Little Qizil-Aghaj State Nature Protected area with a total area of 10,700 ha. Qizil-Aghaj is the first reserve in the country according to area, and the third according to date of establishment.[2]

The reserve was included in the list of UNESCO Ramsar convention "On internationally important swampy areas as the birds' residing places" together with Ag-Gel National Park.[3][4]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Flora and fauna

Most species of birds included in the Red Book of Azerbaijan are found in the reserve and adjacent areas. The reserve accounts for 248 species of birds. Such mammals as wild boar, wolf, wild cat, badger, sable, fox, etc. populate this reserve. There are 54 fish species including clupea, caspian kutum, common carp, wels catfish, sander marinus, common bream, flathead grey mullet in the water basins of this reserve.[1][2]

Birds

The list of birds of the reserve, listed in the Red Book of Azerbaijan
Picture Name

(local name)

Scientific name Picture Name

(local name)

Scientific name
File:Phoenicopterus roseus (Walvis Bay).jpg Greater flamingo

(Qızılqaz)

Phoenicopterus roseus File:Tetrax male 1.JPG Little bustard

(Bəzgək)

Tetrax tetrax
File:Djoudj - Pelican (3).JPG Great white pelican

(Çəhrayı qutan)

Pelecanus onocrotalus File:Porphyrio poliocephalus, Azerbaijan (2018).jpg Grey-headed swamphen

(Sultan toyuğu)

Porphyrio poliocephalus
File:Пеликан 03.jpg Dalmatian pelican

(Qıvrımlələk qutan)

Pelecanus crispus File:Red Breasted Goose (2181934550).jpg Red-breasted goose

(Qırmızıdöş qaz)

Branta ruficollis
File:Ciconia nigra 1 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg Black stork

(Qara leylək)

Ciconia nigra File:Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) RWD1.jpg Marbled duck

(Mərmər cürə)

Marmaronetta angustirostris
File:Loeffler.jpg Eurasian spoonbill

(Ərsindimdik)

Platalea leucorodia File:CygneVaires.jpg Mute swan

(Fısıldayan qu)

Cygnus olor
File:Seeadler-flug.jpg White-tailed eagle

(Ağquyruq dəniz qartalı)

Haliaeetus albicilla File:Zwergschwan-04.jpg Bewick's swan

(Kiçik qu)

Cygnus columbianus bewickii
File:Kaiseradler Aquila heliaca e amk.jpg Eastern imperial eagle

(Məzar qartalı)

Aquila heliaca File:Vanellus gregarius.jpg Sociable lapwing

(Qırıldayan cüllüt)

Vanellus gregarius
File:Orel skalní 2.jpg Golden eagle

(Berkut)

Aquila chrysaetos File:White-tailed Lapwing I MG 9541.jpg White-tailed lapwing

(Ağquyruq çökükburun)

Vanellus leucurus
File:Black Francolin.jpg Black francolin

(Turac)

Francolinus francolinus File:Glareola pratincola03.jpg Collared pratincole

(Çöl haçaquyruq cüllütü)

Glareola pratincola
File:Otis tarda (Kyiv Zoo).jpg Great bustard

(Dovdaq)

Otis tarda

See also

References

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