General overview of the Falconiformes fauna of the Middle Lena valley and adjacent territories

The article presents the results of original observations during the years 2003 to 2019, analysis of literature data, archival and questionnaire information on the representatives of the Falconiformes order inhabiting or seen in the Middle Lena valley and adjacent territories. At present, 16 species are regularly found in the study area. Among them, 13 species are nesting here, 3 are possible nesters, and 2 species occur during seasonal migrations and shifts. The paper gives a relative estimate of the abundance in a long-term retrospective of Peregrine falcon and the current states for populations of other daytime birds of prey in the region. It is noted that until the middle of the 20th century, many representatives of the order were common species of the local avifauna at the Middle Lena valley, and a noticeable reduction of their number began in the 60s of the past century. At present, from all the daytime birds of prey in the study area, only Kites and Kestrels are widespread, common and locally numerous, and the rest are not numerous or rare. In the recent decades, most of the Middle Lena territory has undergone an intensive transformation of natural communities, and the species listed in the Red Book react most acutely to this process, like Osprey, Golden eagle and White-tailed eagle known for their intolerance to changes and reducion in the areas of their habitats.

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