Little Owl

Athene noctua plumipes (Swinhoe, 1870)

2017-05-18 Eastern Kazakhstan	© Serg Silan

Description

Upper parts on color are similar to bactriana and slightly darker, more brownish-grey than on orientalis. White mottling of upper parts is as on orientalis. Male wing length 158-170 (163), female 167-178 (173) mm.

Distribution

Breeds in Altai, in area of Tarbagatay ridge it presumably intergrades with orientalis.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург, Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.