forming a thick mat in some areas and thereby adversely affecting the breeding habitat of the Siberian cranes. Records maintained by Park management indicated that the wintering population of Siberian ...

After years of steep population decline caused by hunting and habitat destruction, the Siberian crane was on the brink of extinction in 2015. There were just 3,500 Siberian cranes left in the wild.

The critically endangered Siberian Crane gets a bit of a breather, thanks to the securing of its stopover sites along the Russia-China migratory path, according to the International Crane Foundation.

The redistribution of bird populations highlight the need for increased protected areas to cover the range of habitat used ... large numbers of cranes were seen, including 90 per cent of the global ...