Boreal Owl

Aegolius funereus pallens (Schalow, 1908)

2014-04-20 Sunkar. Ile Alatau.	© Askar Isabekov

Description

Upperparts are chocolate-brown rusty-tinged, without grey. White spotting of upperparts less developed than in sibiricus. Dark pattern on underparts is well developed.

Distribution

Occupies Tien Shan and Dzhungarskiy Alatau.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 2. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1962. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.