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Short-toed Snake-Eagle

Circaetus gallicus heptneri (Dementiev, 1932)

Обыкновенный змееяд | Жыланжегіш бүркіт

2004-06-16
Ryskulov region, Zhambyl oblast
© Askar Isabekov

Description

The larger race of species. Male wing length 542-585 (552), female 561-605 (589) mm.

Distribution

Breeds in south Kazakhstan from Mangyshlak easward to Dzhungarskiy Alatau, in foothills of Narymskiy ridge on Southern Altai. In 1990 nested on south-western spurs of Monrak ridge and observed in summer at Kalbinskiy Altai. Breeds also on Ile valley, in Taukum desert and Zhusandala. In said areas occurs on migration.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.

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relative taxons

Circaetus gallicus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Circaetus gallicus gallicus
(Gmelin, 1788)

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