The reference book contains descriptions of 430 species of birds registered in the Ural-West Siberian region. Species sketches give a description of their external signs, voice, distribution (with a map of the nesting area), as well as a detailed description of the lifestyle. More than 1,800 images of 410 bird species are listed on 96 color tables. The book is intended for everyone who is interested in birds: ornithologists and professionals, hunters, hunters, gamekeepers, birders and songbird lovers, environmental workers, biology students, leaders of Yunnat circles and stations, biology teachers, as well as for all nature lovers from secondary school age and older.