LONG-BILLED PLOVER CHARADRIUS PLACIDUS (CHARADRIIDAE): NESTING SPECIES IN THE AMURSK REGION
For the first time the confirmed data on the Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus nesting in the Amursk Region is presented. A nest with complete clutch of 4 eggs was found on the Bureya River, on June 22, 2011. The total assessed species population in the Middle and Lower Bureya is 7 breeding pairs. The whole local population was found in the perspective flooding zone of the Niznebureysky artificial reservoir and is therefore endangered.