Little Grebe is a new breeding species of Mordovia. - A.S. Lapshin, S.N. Spiridonov, E.V. Lysenkov. - Berkut. 13 (2). 2004. - P. 199-201.
The Little Grebe was not marked in Mordovia till 2000. In 2000 a three pairs nested on a fish ponds near Ruzaevka and Kovylkino. [Russian].
Key words: Little Grebe, Podiceps ruficollis, Mordovia, breeding, fish ponds.
Address: A.S. Lapshin, Dep. of zoology and ecology, Mordovian Pedagogical Institute, Studentcheskaya str. 13a, 430007, Saransk, Russia; e-mail: alcedo@rambler.ru.