New bird found in Serbia: A wonderful creature that lives in far away tundras spotted on the Danube

The population of that species is declining due to poaching; it nests in remote tundras of northern Asia and North America

On Sunday, January 25, a species of bird new to the fauna of Serbia was found close the Begecka Jama nature park, on the Danube near Banostor, the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia has announced. During the winter census of aquatic birds conducted from the ship Dijana, owned by the public company Vojvodinavode, researchers found and filmed a yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii).

In the last 200 years, for as long as wild birds have been monitored in Serbia, 362 species have been reliably recorded and documented, shows data from the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia.

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"The number of researchers and bird lovers in our country has increased in recent years, and therefore the results are showing. Although our birds are relatively well researched, 10 new bird species have been found in Serbia in the last five years, but this is not an easy task. Every birdwatcher wants to find something unusual and new, but it takes a lot of luck and time spent in nature for that to happen and to record it," says Marko Sciban, head of the acquatic bird winter habitat census.

Yellow-billed loons nest in remote tundras of northern Asia and North America. The entire global population is between 11,000 and 21,000 adults, which classifies this species as small and rare.

In the winter, they are found along the coasts of northern seas, and extremely rarely show up on inland waters in Europe. This rare guest from the north is also an endangered species whose population is declining significantly due to illegal hunting and poaching.

(Telegraf.rs)