Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)

		adult
2006-07-23 Janibek, Janibek region, West Kazakhstan oblast	© Askar Isabekov

Description

Underparts are white or light-buffy, the brown throat patch is medium-sized and not disparts a dark breast band.

Distribution

Breeds in Kazakhstan almost everywhere except high mountains and waterless deserts. On migration occurs throughout.

References

В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург, Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.