Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava beema Sykes, 1832
Сары шақшақай
Pavlodar obl., Zhanaaul
- on the site
- 256 observationslast: 25 Jun 2026
Description
The crown and ear coverts are pale-grey, paler than on flava; sometimes crown is even whitish, ear coverts are often white streaked; the white supercilium is well-defined; the chin is invariably white. The pale eye-ring is always expressed.
Distribution
Breeds in northern part of Kazakhstan from Ural valley eastward to Semipalatinsk. In southern areas occurs on migration. On Cokpak Pass migrates 1 April – 18 May and 28 August –1 October; on Sorbulak lake 3 April – 25 May and 17 August– 20 September.
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