Order PASSERIFORMES | Family MOTACILLIDAE |
Motacilla alba ocularis Swinhoe, 1860 East Siberian White Wagtail See also:
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005 |
No Synonyms
Description.
The mantle is grey, throat is black. Differs from alba, dukhunensis and baicalensis by the narrow black eye-strip connected with black nape. This black strip separates the white forehead and supercilium from the white ears, under eye area and neck sides. White edges on greater and median wing coverts and tertials are broader; white on the wing is more extensive than on dukhunensis.
Distribution.
Rarely occurs on migration in southeast Kazakhstan (12 May 2003, 13 May 2009 in Kolshengel, 11 April 1899 in Kapchagay).
References
Motacilla alba ocularis Swinhoe, 1860 East Siberian White Wagtail See also:
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005 |