Fauna of Kamchatka

The fauna of the peninsula can be defined as of type, as far as northern covered with mountains and forests is separated from the nearest zone of forests by the area of Parapolsky Dol. In general the animal world of Kamchatka is represented by 37 species of mammals, 7 species of finn-footed, and 240 species of birds.

Kamchatka is one of the world’s coexist so many species of marine mammals: walruses, sea lions, northern furseals, common seals, sea hare, larga seal, antur, and otter. To the sea mammals inhabiting the waters surrounding Kamchatka also belong cochalots, killer whales, white whales, and sea swines.

Among birds the best representation have swamp species: ducks, geese, sea gulls. Most of Kamchatka’s refuges are located on the nestling areas of these birds. On the lakes of the central part of the peninsula and of Parapolsky Dol the whistling swans hibernate.
Colonies of birds are the indispensable feature of rocky shores and small islands: the most common among their inhabitants’ isconsidered a sea gull.

There are also some rare species of the birds of prey, included into the List of Rare Species: white-tailed eagle, Steller’s Sea Eagle, golden eagle, gyrfalcon, peregrine falcon.