Brown Accentor

Prunella fulvescens fulvescens (Severtzov, 1873)

2011-06-25 Cosmostation, Big Almaty Lake, Ile Alatau National Park	© Askar Isabekov

Description

Generally colors of upper and underparts are paler, the crown is more dark-grey less blackish than on dahurica.

Distribution

Breeds in highlands of Tien Shan and Dzhungarskiy Alatau, on wanders and wintering sometimes occurs in foothills of Chu-Iliyskiye and Chulakskiye mountains.

References

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