Preliminary data concerning ornithofauna of the Babadag lake area

• Main Authors: MARINOV E. Mihai, KISS Janos Botond, ALEXE Vasile
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: CITDD Publishing House 2011-09-01
• Series: Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute
• Subjects: ornithofauna; colonies; Babadag Lake; bird species; Sand Martin
• Online Access: http://www.ddni.ro/manager/editor/UserFiles/File/Scientific%20annals/volume/17/1.pdf

The ornithological observations were carried out in the Babadag Lake area and its surroundings (Tauc and Topraichioi lakes) in 2008 and 2009. The purpose of the study was to put up-to-date the data concerning qualitative analysis of the ornithofauna from the Babadag Lake area. Were counted 91 species of birds, of them 80 species arenesting in the Babadag Lake area. The identified bird species belong to 12 orders, 36 families and 65 genera. There was found one of the largest colonies of Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) from the Dobrogea Tableland and also from Romania, over 2,000 pairs.