Cetti's Warbler

Cettia cetti orientalis (Tristram, 1867)

2009-07-29 Turgai river, Dzhangildin region, Kostanai oblast	© Aleksey Timoshenko

Description

The upper parts and grey flanks are darker than on albiventris. The crown is rusty-brown, more dark; the grey tinge on the neck flanks is less than on albiventris.

Distribution

Breeds from the valley of middle current of Ural; eastward to Naurzum Reserve, Astana and Nura river valley at Rozhdestvenka settlement; in the north to Malyy Aksuat lake; in the south to lower Irgiz river and Taldy-Manak river (inflow of Sarysu). On migration occurs to south.

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.