See also:
Columba oenas Linnaeus, 1758
Columba oenas yarkandensis Buturlin, 1909

No Synonyms

Description

Please see the page of Stock Pigeon (Columba oenas). The characters of the race: General colour darker, under parts more grey-blue-grey, less ash-blue-grey than yarkandensis; back usually with admixture of brown. Male wing length 196-228 (212), female 200-215 (208) mm.

Distribution

Breeds in middle current of Ural valley and probably its lower reaches from Uralsk up to Chapaevo. Probably nests in places in Northern Kazakhstan. In summer observed in Shortandy area, Western Altai and Bukhtarma valley, between Ust-Kamenogorsk and Ridder, in Semipalatinsk vicinities. A nest found 21 July 2001 at clay cliff on Orta-Terekty canyon, Dzhungarskiy Alatau. On migration occurs everywhere. In winter a flock of 12 birds observed 18 December 1963 in lower reaches of Emba, near Krasnokutsk village, in Bukhtarma valley and since 1988 in Almaty area, where their numbers grows. In small numbers wintering in southern and south-eastern Kazakhstan.

References

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