Caspian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus hemprichii Ehrenberg, CG 1833
Каспий қарабас шақшақ
male Aktau
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- 37 observationslast: 10 Oct 2026
Description
At males the white color on the tail feathers is widely dispersed. Birds of western population of this race have tail feathers with white color from the basis to about middle of the length or a little less. Birds of east population have black color only on distal half of the central pair of tail feathers and on tips of the other ones. Upper tail coverts are white. Abdomen is lighter than at other races. The largest dispersal of the white color on tail feathers is peculiar to population of northern coast of Caspian Sea and Volga and Ural deltas.
Distribution
Breeds and occurs on migration on northern coast of Caspian Sea.
Previously belonged to the subspecies variegatus. According to new taxonomic data, the northern Caspian population of stonechats (from the steppe of the lower Volga and the mouth of the Ural River to the northern Caucasus) was given the name hemprichii, and the southern Caspian population (Eastern Turkey, Transcaucasia, Iran) was given the name variegatus.
Previously belonged to the subspecies variegatus. According to new taxonomic data, the northern Caspian population of stonechats (from the steppe of the lower Volga and the mouth of the Ural River to the northern Caucasus) was given the name hemprichii, and the southern Caspian population (Eastern Turkey, Transcaucasia, Iran) was given the name variegatus.
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