Common Whitethroat

Sylvia communis communis (Latham, 1787)

2016-05-09 Uralsk-Atyrau road.	© Askar Isabekov

Description

Upper parts are more rusty-brownish less brown-grey than on rubicola. Crown color varies from rusty-grey to grey, majority of birds have brown-grey crown.

Distribution

Breeds in the northern half of Kazakhstan, in south to Ural delta; lower current of Turgay river; Chu valley; and lower current of Ile river; eastward to western foothills of Altai. In south it occurs on migration.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. 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.