White-bellied Dipper

Cinclus cinclus leucogaster (Bonaparte, 1850)

		adult
2011-06-03 Batareika river, Ile Alatau National Park	© Askar Isabekov

Description

The underparts (the throat, breast, and abdomen) are white. Some specimens in fresh plumage have slightly cream tinge on the abdomen. The rear part of the back and the rump are slaty with light brown tinge.

Distribution

Breeds in Tien Shan and Karatau, Dzhungarskiy Alatau and Tarbagatay, where it intergrades with baicalensis. In winter it descends to adjacent plains and lower areas; occurs in Chu river and Chu-Iliyskiye Mts.

References

Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. "Птицы Казахстана" том 3. Алма-Ата, "Наука" КазССР. 1970. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург, Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000. А.Ф.Ковшарь "Певчие птицы". Алма-Ата, "Кайнар", 1983.