Eurasian Penduline Tit

Remiz pendulinus caspius (Pelzam, 1870)

		male female
2016-05-05 Ural river bottom land, ZKO. 2016-05-05 Ural river bottom land, ZKO.	© Askar Isabekov © Askar Isabekov

Description

Forehead is black, crown and mantle are brown. On nape and neck the light colour can be developed. The sizes of this light field individually vary from significant (back half of crown and neck) to complete absence of light colour on these parts. Sizes are large, claw of back finger massive. Male wing length 53.4-56.9 (55.3) mm.

Distribution

Breeds in Volga-Ural area, middle and lower current of Ural valley, eastward to Naurzum Reserve and Mugodzhary ridge. On migration occurs in upper reaches of Emba river and on Mangyshlak.

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.