Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Bubo bubo ruthenus (Zhitlov et Buturlin, 1906)

2009-07-11 Naurzum-Karagai forest, Naurzum Natural Reserve	© Aleksey Timoshenko

Description

Background colour is rusty-yellow with expressed greyish tinge. Dark pattern on upper- and under-parts is brownish-black. Wing coverts have whitish spots. Dark pattern on upper parts (head, back and shoulders) occupies less area than background. Male wing length 430-468, female 471-515 mm.

Distribution

Lives in northern part of Volga-Ural area and in middle current of Ural valley. Probably this race lives in Naurzum Reserve.

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.