Common Crane

Grus grus lilfordi (Sharpe, 1894)

		adult
2006-06-23 Jangala region, West Kazakhstan oblast	© Askar Isabekov

Description

General colour is lighter, black on tertials tips spans less space than grus. Size is less than grus. Male wing length 580-640 (600), female 560-610 (582) mm.

Distribution

Irregularly breeds in Northern Kazakhstan, on lakes in Naurzum steppe, in Tengiz-Kurgaldzhino depression, on Southern Altai, separate pairs live in Kalbinskiy Altai, on Zaysan lake, in Alakol depression, in Ile valley and in lower reaches of Chu river. Everywhere occurs on migration.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург. Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000. В.Ю.Ильяшенко, О.В.Белялов "Новый подвид серого журавля Grus grus korelovi ssp. из Центрального и Восточного Тянь-Шаня."