White Wagtail

Motacilla alba alba (Linnaeus, 1758)

2009-05-06 Fetisovo, Mangyshlak peninsula, Eastern Caspian Sea	© Andrey Kovalenko

Description

The mantle is grey, throat is black. No black stripe between bill and nape. White edges on greater and median wing coverts and tertials are narrower; white on the wing is less extensive than on dukhunensis.

Distribution

Breeds in Volga-Ural region including Ural valley.

References

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.