Godlewski's Bunting

Emberiza godlewskii decolorata (Sushkin, 1925)

2018-11-03 Ozernoe gorge. Ile Alatau National Park.	© Askar Isabekov

Description

General colour is lighter than in godlewskii.

Distribution

In Ketmen ridge one bird shot on 6 December 1953. Nests in basin of Sarydzhaz in Kyrgyzstan. Vagrant recorded in vicinities of Tashkent in October – November 1913. In Kazakhstan occurs in Central Tien Shan and its northern foothills. Near Almaty one bird was caught 17 January 2005. At Bolshoye Almatinskoye lake on 3000 m attitude four birds (probably brood) observed 5 July 2005.

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. Издательство Уральского университета, 2000.