I ka papa o ka noiʻi ornithological i ka wahi o Cape Ryty, kahi manu e like me ka manu ʻeleʻele i ʻike mua ʻia ma Baikal. Aneʻi pelapela kēia manu a helu ʻia i loko o ka Red Book o Russia.
Wahi a ka ʻike i hāʻawi ʻia e Zapacednik Pribaikalye, ʻo ka manu ʻeleʻele kekahi o nā manu nui i loaʻa ma ʻAsia Waena. Wahi a kekahi o nā ornithologists o ka "Protected Baikal Region," ʻo ka manu lele ʻeleʻele he manu hele malihini loa loa ia no kēia ʻāina.
ʻO ka manawa mua i ʻike ʻia ai kēia manu i ka ʻāina o ka Baikal National Park 15 mau makahiki i hala. A ʻo ka manawa hope loa i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e nā kamaʻāina o kekahi kauhale, ke ʻai ʻo ia i ke kino me ka bea. I ka manawa hou, ʻike ʻia ka manu ʻeleʻele i ʻAukake, ke noho ana ia ma kekahi o nā pōhaku nui kokoke i ke kahakai o ka loko. Maliʻa paha, ʻo ke ʻano o kēia manu i ka pāka ma hope o ka lōʻihi o kēia manawa hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia he hōʻailona maikaʻi.
ʻO ke kaupaona o kēia manu ma kahi o 12 kilokilo a hiki i ka ʻeheu ke hiki i ʻekolu mau mika. ʻO ke ola ola i ka nāhelehele i 50 mau makahiki. Hiki i kahi manu ʻeleʻele ke ʻike aku i kahi holoholona liʻiliʻi e waiho ana ma ka honua mai kahi kiʻekiʻe loa, a inā e ola ana ka holoholona, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻouka iā ia, akā ke kali hoʻomanawanui nei no ka make, a ma hope wale nō o ka hōʻoia ʻana o kēia, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e "ʻoki i ke kupapaʻu". Ma muli o ka hānai ʻana o ka manu ʻeleʻele i ka hapa nui o ke kalai, hana ia i ka hana nui a ke kaʻina.
