FEATURES OF BIRD DISTRIBUTION OVER THE TYPES OF MACROLANDSCAPE (BIOTYPES) IN THE KYZYLKUM DESERT
140 species of birds credibly recognized (during 1970-1990) - the Kyzykum desert inhabitants -are distributed in 7 unequal in edaphic and floristic relations types of arid landscape. The most environmentally capacious of them turned out to be the spates of artesian lakes and banks with a grass-shrub complexes, where 83 species of birds were found. The valleys of dry riverbeds occupied with tamarisk-saxaul groves presented 56 species. The smallest species range (total 16) was observed in different variations of takyr spaces with poor vegetation. The paper also outlines the relative abundance of 40 species of birds typical for desert conditions in 4 of their habitats and the results of observations of seasonal changes in the species composition of shorebirds on the basis of three artesian lakes.