Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Bubo bubo turcomanus (Eversmann, 1835)

2012-05-26 Mangistau oblast, Buzachi peninsula	© Andrey Vilyayev

Description

Background colour is pale, yellowish-buff. Dark pattern on upper- and underparts is paler, less espressed and more shattered than in interpositus. Dark longitudinal pattern on underparts is not covered to belly. Male wing length 420-468, female 470-492 mm.

Distribution

Breeds from southern part of Volga-Ural area eastward to Zaysan lake and headwaters of Irtysh river, in south up to Ustyurt, lower reaches of Syrdarya and Northern Trans-Balkhash area.

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.