Water Rail

Rallus aquaticus korejewi (Zarudny, 1905)

2011-12-24 Small Sorbulak lake, Almaty region	© Vassiliy Fedorenko

Description

Colour lighter, with more yellowish-olive shade than in aquaticus. Male wing - 118-130 (124) mm.

Distribution

Breeds in southern half of Kazakhstan, north up to Aral Sea, Syrdarya valley and Alakol depression. Winters in the south and south east of the Kazakhstan. In Almaty single birds recorded 13 October 1999 and 22 October 2004.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 1, Алма-Ата, 1960
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.