Ghizil-Agaj State Reserve

Ghzil-Aghaj State Reserve (Azerbaijani: Qızılağac dövlət qoruğu), meaning golden tree, was established on July 3, 1929 by the Committee on Protection of the Ancient and Art Monuments of Azerbaijan on an area of 884 km² on Kyzylagach Bay at the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea, in Lankaran District, southeastern Azerbaijan.

Main article: State Reserves of Azerbaijan
Designations
Official nameGhizil-Agaj
Designated21 May 2001
Reference no.1076[1]
Birds of Ghizil-Agaj State Reserve

Creation

Qizil-Aghaj State Reserve was created for the purpose of protecting, creating conditions for wintering and nesting of migrant, swamp and wild birds in 1929.[2] Along with the reserve, there is also the Little Qizil-Aghaj State Nature Protected area with a total area of 10,700 ha. Qizil-Aghaj is the first reserve in the country according to area, and the third according to date of establishment.[3]

The reserve was included in the list of UNESCO Ramsar convention "On internationally important swampy areas as the birds' residing places" together with Ag-Gel National Park.[4][5]

Flora and fauna

Most species of birds included in the Red Book of Azerbaijan are found in the reserve and adjacent areas. The reserve accounts for 248 species of birds. Such mammals as wild boar, wolf, wild cat, badger, sable, fox, etc. populate this reserve. There are 54 fish species including clupea, caspian kutum, common carp, wels catfish, sander marinus, common bream, flathead grey mullet in the water basins of this reserve.[2][3]

Birds
The list of birds of the reserve, listed in the Red Book of Azerbaijan
Picture Name

(local name)

 Scientific name Picture Name

(local name)

 Scientific name
Greater flamingo

(Qızılqaz)

 Phoenicopterus roseus Little bustard

(Bəzgək)

 Tetrax tetrax
Great white pelican

(Çəhrayı qutan)

 Pelecanus onocrotalus Western swamphen

(Sultan toyuğu)

 Porphyrio porphyrio
Dalmatian pelican

(Qıvrımlələk qutan)

 Pelecanus crispus Red-breasted goose

(Qırmızıdöş qaz)

 Branta ruficollis
Black stork

(Qara leylək)

 Ciconia nigra Marbled duck

(Mərmər cürə)

 Marmaronetta angustirostris
Eurasian spoonbill

(Ərsindimdik)

 Platalea leucorodia Mute swan

(Fısıldayan qu)

 Cygnus olor
White-tailed eagle

(Ağquyruq dəniz qartalı)

 Haliaeetus albicilla Bewick's swan

(Kiçik qu)

 Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Eastern imperial eagle

(Məzar qartalı)

 Aquila heliaca Sociable lapwing

(Qırıldayan cüllüt)

 Vanellus gregarius
Golden eagle

(Berkut)

 Aquila chrysaetos (Ağquyruq çökükburun) Vanellus leucurus
Black francolin

(Turac)

 Francolinus francolinus (Çöl haçaquyruq cüllütü) Glareola pratincola
Great bustard

(Dovdaq)

 Otis tarda

See also

References
  1. "Ghizil-Agaj". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. Gizil-Agach Reserve - Natural Reserves of Azerbaijan
  3. "Qızılağac Dövlət Təbiət Qoruğu".
  4. "Azerbaijan joins the Ramsar Convention".
  5. "United Nations Development Programme" (PDF).

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