Eurasian Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus (Hablizl, 1783)

2017-10-03 Fetisovo,zaliv Kenderli, Mangistauskaja obl	© Alexandr Belyaev

Description

General male colour brighter, white colour on forehead occupies smaller space; grey back darker than phoenicurus. Wing frequently with developed white “mirror”, formed by edges of secondary outer webs (sometimes absent).

Distribution

Vagrant collected on Mangyshlak (Mitropol’skiy, 1965).

References

В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург, Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. А.Ф.Ковшарь "Певчие птицы". Алма-Ата, "Кайнар", 1983.