Basic regularities of abundance changing in different local relief formations in recreation forest are discovered. Main factors stipulated similarities and differences of bird population dynamics in plateau and gully-ravine habitats were studied on the ground of all-the-year-round absolut bird census.
A list of bird species recommended for inclusion in the third edition of the Red Book of the Saratov region. Three groups stand out among the rare and protected bird species are introduced for the first time – 10; excluded –14; with the change in status – 22.
