Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita fulvescens (Severtzov, 1873)

2006-10-26 Almaty, Republic Square	© Askar Isabekov

Description

The upperparts are brown with the slightly greenish-olive tinge; the underparts are without yellow color, or sometimes with slightly expressed yellow spots. The greenish tinge on the rump is less intensive than on abietinus.

Distribution

Breeds in Kokchetav upland, Shortandy area and in Pavlodar Trans-Irtysh area, in south probably up to Karkaralinsk. On migration occurs throughout.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 4. "Наука", Алма-Ата. 1972. 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.