Red-rumped Swallow

Hirundo daurica rufula (Temminck, 1835)

		adult adult
2010-06-01 Koltagan, Arys area, Southern Kazakhstan 2005-07-08 Badam, Ordabasy region, South Kazakhstan oblast	© Askar Isabekov © Askar Isabekov

Description

Underparts are pale-buffy or buffy-whitish; the pattern on the underparts formed by the very narrow and little shaft streaks. Some birds have faint or no pattern. No dark shaft streaks on the rump.

Distribution

Breeds in Tien Shan, Karatau, Dzhungarskiy Alatau and adjacent plains; on migration occurs in southern Kazakhstan.

References

«Птицы Казахстана» под редакцией И.А.Долгушина, том 3, Алма-Ата, 1970.
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.
В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург, Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.
А.Ф.Ковшарь "Певчие птицы". Алма-Ата, "Кайнар", 1983.