See also:
Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Caprimulgus europaeus sarudnyi Hartert, 1912
Caprimulgus europaeus unwini Hume, 1871
Caprimulgus europaeus plumipes Przewalski, 1876

No Synonyms

Description

Please see the page of European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). The characters of the race: The most dark and large race. General colour of upper parts dark-brown, black strips wide and bordered brown. At males white spot on PM 10 inner web rounded and does not reach or hardly concerns shaft; on PM 9 it does not pass or hardly passes on outer web. At females the first from wing top ochre spot on PM 10-9 inner webs little differs from following spots.

Distribution

Everywhere occurs in Kazakhstan on seasonal migration.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.