Muraviovka Park (Amur Region, Russia) is inviting researchers to count threatened and endangered Buntings

2020 Census of Threatened and Endangered Buntings

Yellow-breasted Bunting (YBB) Emberiza aureola population at Muraviovka Park dropped significantly since 1980s but is still doing better than in many other parts of its breeding range. In 2017, a team of researchers under the leadership of Wieland Heim conducted mapping of the species habitat using remote sensing and point count data and estimated YBB population at the Park as 706 territorial males (R. Richter, et al., 2020, Remote Sensing).

The number of YBB is declining so fast that we need to regularly monitor the situation.

We are inviting researchers experienced in point count method to conduct land survey at Muraviovka Park in late May – early July 2020. We also would like to assess the situation with the Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis.


The Park will provide lodging for researchers, as well as letter of visa support.

Acting Muraviovka Park Director
Sergei M. Smirenski, PhD
e-mail: sms08mp@gmail.com
Tel/WhatsApp: +7 914 6125714

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