'YELLOW WAGTAILS' FROM KAZAKHSTAN


May 2008

On this page, there are images of 15 different individuals (5 females + 10 males) which I believe should be best called as Motacilla flava feldegg from Almaty province, Kazakhstan.

In order to be able to show as many different individuals as possible, I have chosen to add also images of lower quality (usually shot form longer distance), as long as at least some plumage details can be seen well enough.

I am not 100 % sure that some "different" individuals could not actually be same birds, though I have tried to avoid this by checking plumage and photography details. However, the birds - males in particular - moved quite a lot around our Karaoy camp area which makes the interpretation of different individuals more complicated.

Bird 1 (female, Topar 27.5.2008)


Bird 2 (female, Karaoy, 29.5.2008)


Bird 3 (female, Karaoy 29.5.2008)


Bird 4 (female, Karaoy, 29.5.2008)






Bird 5 (female, Karaoy 29.5.2008)


Bird 6 (male, Topar 27.5.2008)


Bird 7 (male, Topar 27.5.2008)


Bird 8 (male, Topar 27.5.2008)


Bird 9 (male, Konschangel, 27.5.2008)


Bird 10 (male, Karaoy 29.5.2008)




Bird 11 (male, Karaoy 29.5.2008)


Bird 12 (male, Karaoy, 29.5.2008)


Bird 13 (male, Karaoy, 29.5.2008)


Bird 14 (male, Karaoy, 29.5.2008)


Bird 15 (male, Karaoy, 29.5.2008)