Authenticated (28/08/08) by Dr. Sundev Gombobaatar, Associate Professor, Zoology Department, National University of Mongolia. Vice President, Mongolian Ornithological Society. http://www.mos.mn, info@mos.mn, mongolianbirds@mail.com.
Glossary
Colonies: a group of organisms living together. Individuals in the group are not physiologically connected and may not be related, such as a colony of birds
Steppe: a biome (or subdivision of the Earth’s surface) that is composed of a swathe of temperate grassland stretching from Romania to China.