See also:
Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Caprimulgus europaeus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758
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: A little lighter than europaeus, rusty tone on head, throat and wings absent. At males white spot on PM 10 inner web adjoins to shaft for 1-1.5 cm; on PM 9 it usually forms cross strip through both webs (sometimes on outer web only small spot). At females the first from wing top rusty-ochre spot on PM 9 inner web much larger and more brightly, that other ones.

Distribution

Breeds in northern half of Kazakhstan, from Urda village east up to Pavlodarskoye Trans-Irtysh'e and Kalbinskiy Altai. Occupies Southwest Altai, southern slope of Lineyskiy ridge, Zaysan depression, Tarbagatay ridge, Dzhungarskiy Alatau and Tien Shan to the west up to eastern spurs of Zailiyskiy Alatau ridge and also nearby plains. Occurs on migration to the south of this area.

References

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