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Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Обыкновенный скворец | Қараторғай
spring

2016-05-21
Pogodaevo village. Western Kazakhstan.
© Askar Isabekov

Description

The crown is violet glossy a weak greenish tinged; the back, rump and upper tail coverts are green glossy sometimes a weak violet tinged; the throat and upper breast are violet glossy; the lower breast is green glossy; the abdomen is green glossy with a bright or dark violet tinge; ear coverts show a greenish glossy; underwing coverts are grey with narrow whitish or ochre edges. It is close to poltaratskyi.

Distribution

Breeds in Volga-Ural region and in Ural valley, in south to Emba valley, northern part of Ustyurt and in east to Mugodzhary ridge. The distribution on migration isn't determined.

References

Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. "Птицы Казахстана" том 5. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1974. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005 А.Ф.Ковшарь "Певчие птицы". Алма-Ата, "Кайнар", 1983.

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relative taxons

Sturnus vulgaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi
(Finsch, 1878)
Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus
(Sharpe, 1888)

synonyms

Sturnus vulgaris ruthenus
(Menzbier, 1892)
Sturnus vulgaris sophiae
(Bianchi, 1896)
Sturnus vulgaris jitkowi
(Buturlin, 1904)

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2023-06-04

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2023-06-03

Андрей Коваленко: Бекас.

2023-06-02

Игорь Фефелов: Да

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