White Wagtail
Motacilla alba baicalensis Swinhoe, 1871
Ақ шақшақай
Sorbulak lake, Almaty region
- on the site
- 15 observationslast: 20 Apr 2025
Description
The mantle is grey, throat is white. No black stripe between bill and nape. White edges on greater and median wing coverts and tertials are broader; white on the wing is more extensive than on ocularis.
Distribution
Three birds were obtained on migration in southeast Kazakhstan (11 April 1899 Kapchagay, 14 March 1899 Almaty, 8 April 1900 Dzharkent). In spring of 2014 two birds were observed on Sorbulak and another one on Kanshengel.
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