Mistle Thrush

Turdus viscivorus bonapartei (Cabanis, 1860)

2009-06-19 Batareika river gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park	© Askar Isabekov

Description

The upperparts are lighter, more greyish less brownish; the spots on the underparts are slightly smaller and less numerous than on viscivorus.

Distribution

Breeds in Kokchetav and Kazakh uplands; in Southwest Altai; in Kalbinskiy Altai; Saur; Tarbagatay; Dzhungarskiy Alatau; and Tien Shan (in west up to Pskem and Ugam ridges). On migration it occurs mostly in the east half of Kazakhstan, westward apparently to Naurzum Reserve, Mugodzhary ridge and Syrdarya delta. In small numbers it winters on the south of Republic, from the Syrdarya valley to the northern spurs of Dzhungarskiy Alatau.

References

В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург, Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.
"Жизнь Животных" том 5. Птицы. Москва. "Просвещение", 1970.
А.Ф.Ковшарь "Певчие птицы". Алма-Ата, "Кайнар", 1983.