A new European Shag Gulosus aristotelis colony discovered near Ura-Guba in the Barents Sea, Russia

Iuliia Bannikova; Mariya Menshakova

doi:10.34080/os.v34.25307

Authors

Iuliia Bannikova Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems KSC RAS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4134-3723
Mariya Menshakova Institute of Natural Science and Technology, Murmansk Arctic University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34080/os.v34.25307

Keywords:

Arctic region, colonial birds, seabird, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, cormorant

Abstract

Breeding European Shag Gulosus aristotelis in in the Russian part of the Barents Sea was first noted in 1932, but the population has remained small. Currently, breeding sites are known from the Seven Islands, the Gavrilovsky Islands, the Ainovy Islands, the Bazarnaya Guba, and the Pechenga Guba. Here we report the breeding of this species near Ura-Guba and in parts of the Barents Sea coast where it has not been found before.

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