In the national Park “Land of leopard” was first recorded rare for these places the bird – Japanese green pigeon, reported the press service of the national Park.
it is Noted that it is the country’s only representative of the green pigeons. Thermophilic bird prefers subtropical climates and is found mainly in Japan and Taiwan.
the Male of Japanese green pigeon were seen in the valley of Trout brook, near the village of Filippovka in the Khasan district. According to scientists, its appearance confirms the important for ornithology, the idea that green dove regular visits to the territory of Primorye in the nesting season.
According to Deputy Director of the fgbi “Land of leopard” on science Yury Darman, the unique territory of the “Land of the leopard” every year recorded new species of flora and fauna.
“Thanks to the strengthened protection is the restoration of natural systems, the return of a seemingly extinct species. The influence and overall climate change – we have all popping-loving species expanding to the North of their ranges. A typical example of this – we have noticed Japanese green pigeon,” said Darman.
Recall that in August last year, “land of the leopard” reported that on the territory of the reserve was first spotted in new Russia – a water deer, which came from the South. Then the scientists suggested that the distribution of these ungulates to the North impact of climate change.
a Little later it became known that the “land of the leopard” found new species of beetles Carabidae – Odacantha hagai Nemoto, 1989. Previously it was thought that this species is found exclusively in Japan on the Islands of Honshu and Hokkaido.
