Water Rail

Rallus aquaticus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

2012-11-29 Il'ichevka, Pavlodar obl.	© Oleg Lyakhov

Description

Colour darker, with more brownish-olive shade than in korejewi. Male wing - 119-126 (122) mm.

Distribution

Breeds in northern half of Kazakhstan, in south to Caspian Sea, lower reaches of Turgay river and Zaysan depression. Widespread on migration. Sometimes winters in Semipalatinsk area.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 1, Алма-Ата, 1960
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.