Red-breasted Flycatcher

Ficedula parva parva (Bechstein, 1794)

		adult male
2016-09-07 Western Kazakhstan. Syrym region. Ulenta.	© Aibar Magazov

Description

Crown is more greyish, less brownish; orange-buff patch on throat and breast is larger than in albicilla. Breast (excepting orange-buff patch) is usually white, sometimes with greyish tinge.

Distribution

Breeds in middle current of Ural valley. In Volga-Ural area and in lower current of Ural valley occurs on migration. One female 9 May 1990 observed on western chink of Ustyurt.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 3. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1970.
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005