European Nightjar

Caprimulgus europaeus europaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

2010-05-14 Almaty, Republic Square	© Gennadiy Dyakin

Description

The darkest and largest race. General colour of upper parts is dark-brown, black strips are broad and brown bordered. At males the white spot on inner web of PM10 is rounded and doesn’t extend or barely touches the shaft; on PM9 white spot doesn’t pass or barely passes on outer web. At females the first from wing-top buffy spot on inner webs of PM 10-9 is barely differs from rest spots.

Distribution

Everywhere occurs in Kazakhstan on seasonal 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.