Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Bubo bubo hemachalanus (Hume, 1873)

2011-10-06 Chu river, Suzak region, South Kazakhstan oblast	© Andrey Vilyayev

Description

This race is close to turcomanus but background colour is more yellowish, less buff. Dark pattern on upper- and underparts some more expressed and less regular than in turcomanus and omissus. Dark longitudinal pattern on underparts covered on fore-belly. Male wing length 433-466, female 473-508 mm.

Distribution

Lives in Southern Trans-Balkhash area, Dzhungarskiy Alatau, Chu river, Karatau ridge and Tien Shan.

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.