Pine Grosbeak

Pinicola enucleator kamtschatkensis (Dybowski, 1883)

		male
2014-06-12 VKO Katon-Karagay	© Vladimir Vorobyov

Description

Bill shorter, less stout and wider at base than nominate race.

Distribution

Breeding and wintering in Southwest Altai, where occurs on Lineyskiy, Ivanovskiy, Kholzunskiy and Altaiskiy Tarbagatay ridges. Vagrants recorded 31 October 1948, 9 birds, 24-25 February and 20 March 1959 in Karaganda and 12 April 1907 in Almaty.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург. Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.