Siberian White Wagtail
Motacilla alba dukhunensis Sykes, 1832
Ақ шақшақай
Ile valley near Zhetygen
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- 113 observationslast: 11 Apr 2026
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 broader; white on the wing is more extensive than on alba.
Distribution
Breeds in northern parts of Kazakhstan from Ural valley eastward to western foothills of Altai; in the south to lower Turgay river and Shortandy area. Episodically breeds on Kalbinskiy Altai. At Kurgaldzhino Reserve, on Markakol lake and in south observed on migration only. Recorded 24 December 1991 in Aksu-Dzhabagly.
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