Status: Category II. A rare bird with a decreasing number.
Distribution: Back in the first floor. The 20th century was common in many water bodies in Kazakhstan, but over the past 30-40 years it has ceased to occur in a number of places. In the 80-90s, it nestled in the Kazakh part of the river delta. Volga, on Kushum (Volga-Ural interfluve), in the floodplain of the river. Ural, on the lakes of the Kostanay region, in the Syr Darya Valley, in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin and in the east of the republic (Lake. Zaisan, r. Black Irtysh Lake Markakol, Pavlodar Irtysh region).
