Eurasian Roller

Coracias garrulus semenowi (Loudon et Tschusi, 1902)

		adult
2015-05-10 Pisteli. Karatau. Southern Kazakhstan.	© Askar Isabekov

Description

Brown on mantle is lighter; head, neck, underparts, great and median upperwing coverts are more greenish and less bluish tinged than garrulus.

Distribution

Breeds in southern part of Kazakhstan, in north to northern coast of Aral Sea and Zaysan depression. During migration occurs in breeding range.

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.