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The Importance of North-Eastern Mongolia for Migrating Pacific Golden Plovers: Spring 2005

Jan J. Wijmenga, Joop Jukema, Jeroen Reneerkens, Sundev Gombobataar, B. Gantulga & S. Tserennadmin

Working Group International Waterbird and Wetland Research

2011

"Global population estimates of Pacific Golden Plovers (Pluvialis fulva range from as low as 100,000 to as high as 1,000,000. Earlier reports suggest that between 4,000 and 50,000 Pacific Golden Plovers migrate through the Mongol-Daguur Strictly Protected Area in North-Eastern of Mongolia, which is an important area for numerous breeding and migrating birds. Given these estimates, the Mongol-Daguur Strictly Protected Area may host a significant portion of the world's population during migration. To gain a better understanding of the stopover behaviour of Pacific Golden Plovers, and of the importance of this area for this wader species, a Dutch-Mongolian expedition was set up. During a 16 day period, Pacific Golden Plovers on migration were counted, caught and measured."

Directory of Important Bird Areas in Mongolia: Key Sites for Conservation

Editor: Batbayar Nyambayar and Natsagdorj Tseveenmyadag

2009

"Mongolia retains vast areas of relatively unspoiled natural habitats, including boreal forest (taiga), steppe grassland, semi-desert and desert, as well as important wetlands. These habitats still support healthy populations of wildlife species that are in decline or have disappeared elsewhere. Until recently, pressures on Mongolia's natural habitats were felt to be relatively low, especially compared with parts of neighbouring China. However, the environment in Mongolia now looks set to enter a period of unprecedented change. This directory is a contribution to sustainable development planning in Mongolia. A total of 70 IBAs have been identified covering a total area of 8.4 million ha, equivalent to 5% of the territory of Mongolia. This directory identifies a number of threats to biodiversity at Mongolia's IBAs. It documents the biodiversity values of important areas natural habitat, draws attention to the conservation issues facing them, and provides a tool for integrating them into development planning. The conservation of Mongolia's IBAs will require the combined efforts of government, civil society, private sector and the donor community."

A Photographic Guide To The Birds Of Mongolia

Gombobaatar Sundev

2009

"This is the first photographic guide book to the birds of Mongolia ever published in English. This book helps you to identify the 160 species of birds in different natural zones. The photographs of bird species which are characteristic in each zone and commonly occur in the habitats were shown in the book. The name of species in nine dif­ferent languages, short descriptive text for breeding, summering, wintering and migration periods, body length (from tip of the bill to the tip of the tail), age and sex, global and regional status and photographers' name were writ­ten. The given months for breeding, summering, wintering and migration are general and highly varied depending on differences between habitats, weather condition and breeding behaviour of birds for each zone and habi­tat in the country. Shots of the unique action for the bird species and mystery birds were also included in this book in order to give the knowledge to readers about special behaviours of the species and to improve their bird identification skills in the field."

Dictionary of Vertebrate Animals of Mongolia

Editor: Gombobaatar Sundev

2009

"This is the first completion of the dictionary in different languages of the names of 64 species of fishes, 6 species of amphibians, 21 species of reptiles, 487 species of birds and 128 species of mammals have been recorded in Mongolia. However, until the publication of this book there has been no compilation of the names of all vertebrate species occurring in Mongolia. The completion of the dictionary in different languages for known vertebrate species in Mongolia is practically and scientifically significant to Mongolian and foreign scientists, students, guides and tourists, as it will allow us to convey accurate information on species composition and taxonomy, to correctly identify species, and to create a database of vertebrate species occurring within the country."

Birds of Europe, Russia, China, and Japan: Non-Passerines: Loons to Woodpeckers

Norman Arlott

Princeton University Press

2009

"This is one of two companion field guides that illustrate and describe all of the approximately 1,800 bird species found in the Palearctic - the huge region that includes Europe, Asia north of the Himalayas, Africa north of the Sahara Desert, and the Middle East excluding the Gulf countries. This volume covers non-passerines - non-songbirds, including raptors, owls, swifts, hummingbirds, cuckoos, and pigeons. It includes every non-passerine species and subspecies, in every adult plumage - all illustrated and described by Norman Arlott, a leading bird artist with many years of field experience. The two volumes of Birds of Europe, Russia, China, and Japan are the only field guides to illustrate and describe every bird species in the Palearctic. And, for many parts of this region, these books provide the first and only field guides."

Birds of Europe, Russia, China, and Japan: Passerines: Tyrant Flycatchers to Buntings

Norman Arlott

Princeton University Press

2007

"This is the first of two field guides illustrating and describing all of the approximately 1,800 bird species found in the Palearctic - the huge region that includes Europe, Asia north of the Himalayas, and Africa north of the Sahara. This area spans the countries of the former Soviet Union, all of the Russian Arctic, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and the Middle East excluding the Gulf countries. This first volume covers all the passerines (perching birds, from tyrant flycatchers to buntings) or songbirds and will soon be followed by a companion guide to the nonpasserines (divers to woodpeckers). These volumes are the first and only field guides for many parts of the area covered, and mark the first time all of these birds have been included in a single pair of books. This first volume covers every passerine species and subspecies in the area, in every adult plumage - all illustrated and described by Norman Arlott, a leading bird artist who has many years of field experience with these species."

New Avian Remains from the Eocene of Mongolia and the Phylogenetic Position of the Eogruidae (Aves, Gruoidea)

Julia A. Clarke, Mark A. Norell and Demberelyin Dashzeveg

2005

From the abstract:

"A well-preserved nearly complete avian tarsometatarsus was collected by the 2002 expedition of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences from Upper Eocene deposits exposed at the locality of Alag Tsav in the eastern Gobi Desert (Dornogov Aimag) of Mongolia. The new specimen is identified as part of a proposed Eogruidae clade, although it is unclear whether it is appropriately the holotype of a new species within this clade or referable to a previously named species."

Mongolia I Kam

Volumes 1 to 5

P.K. Kozlov

(Mongolia And Kham: Achievements Of The Geographical Association Expeditions In Imperial Russia 1899-1901)

1905-1907

Language: Russian

The majority of volume five of this five volume publication is a description of the birds recorded on the expedition. The final few pages of this section include four colour plates by J.G. Keulemans. These are the only Keulemans plates in the publication.