Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush

Monticola saxatilis saxatilis (Linnaeus 1758)

		male
2017-04-15 Korgalzhyn, Akmola oblast.	© Alexandr Fedulin

Description

The rusty color of the breast, abdomen and undertail coverts is darker than on turkestanicus.

Distribution

Breeds in the some places on Mugodzhary ridge, on the migration occurs in Volga-Ural sands, and also on Mangyshlak. In summer recorded in Grebenskiye Mts. south of Orenburg.

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. А.Ф.Ковшарь "Певчие птицы". Алма-Ата, "Кайнар", 1983.