Order PICIFORMES | Family PICIDAE |
Dendrocopos major tianschanicus Buturlin, 1910 Great Spotted Woodpecker See also:
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005 |
No Synonyms
Description. On PM 4-6 primaries white strips on outer webs significant, almost twice, more widely than black ones; on secondaries white strips not narrower than black ones. Bill lesser, more poorly and thinner than major. Wing length of males and females 139-144 (141) mm.
Distribution. Occupies Dzhungarskiy Alatau, Eastern Tien Shan and Zailiyskiy Alatau ridge near Bolshoye Almatinskoye lake, where young birds collected 26 July 1971 and 17 August 1975. From 1999 occurs in Ucharal, Alakol’ depression, where a brood recorded 27 June 2002, but subspecies not identified (it may be White-winged Woodpecker, as bird not investigated in hands). On dispersion it repeatedly obtained in Almaty (1 March1964, January 1971, 17 January 1972), in Bortagoy grove (2 March 1961) and on Chokpak Pass where a male was ringed at 5 May 2005. As from this point to Almaty is 600 km, we think that it continue to disperse on west.
References
Dendrocopos major tianschanicus Buturlin, 1910 Great Spotted Woodpecker See also:
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005 |