Corn Bunting

Emberiza calandra calandra (Linnaeus, 1758)

2012-04-04 Mangystau oblast, Tubkaragan region	© Aisagali Kadirov

Description

Upper parts are some darker, dark strips on mantle and upper breast are broader than in buturlini.

Distribution

Breeds on Mangyshlak in Ulanak valley in 1965. On shore of Mangyshlak Bay singing male observed 26 April 2004. Near Kenderli two small flocks observed in end of October 2002. Occasionally occurs in Western Kazakhstan - 80 km in west from Chapaevo (May 21, 1957), Atyrau, Uralsk, Orenburg, Fort-Shevchenko (April 04, 2012).

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 5. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1974. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.