Siberian Accentor

Prunella montanella (Pallas, 1776)

2016-12-11 Zhualy valley. Ertai village.	© Malik Nukusbekov

Distribution

The single Siberian Accentors observed or collected in Katon-Karagay, Ust-Kamenogorsk (6 March 1968, 3 April 1968), at Kurgaldzhino Reserve (25 January 1970), Karaganda (5 August 1947, 8-20 October 1950, 21-28 October 1951, 19 October - 16 November 1952) and in Naurzum Reserve (30 March 1993, 9 November 2016, 11 November 2017). One bird recorded 21 October to east of Ural delta. It recorded in Ile valley16 December 1997 and 15 January 2000, in Almaty 2 November 1992 and 29 October 2002, in Karatau (Ertai village) 6 November 2016, and also in central Kyzylkum, Uzbekistan where one bird obtained 24 October 1973.

Biology

The Siberan Accentor in Kazakhstan is very rare passage migrant or winter visitor. Occurs in the willow or russian olive scrubs along the river shores, in the kitchen gardens and groves. On autumn the single birds and groups of 2-3 birds were observed from early October to mid November; in winter recorded at Kurgaldzhino Reserve and in Ile valley. Spring observations were from early March till early April.

Subspecies

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.
Рябицев В. К., Ковшарь А. Ф., Ковшарь В. А., Березовиков Н. Н. «Полевой определитель птиц Казахстана», Алматы, 2014.
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.