Mistle Thrush

Turdus viscivorus viscivorus (Linnaeus 1758)

2014-10-29 Aktau. Botanical Garden. Mangystau.	© Askar Isabekov

Description

The upperparts are darker, more brown less grayish; the spots on the underparts are slightly larger and more numerous than on bonapartei.

Distribution

The indication about its breeding in the middle of Ural river valley "between Orenburg and Uralsk" (N.A.Zarudny, 1897) is not confirmed by the facts and researches of recent years. In Kazakhstan it occurs on migration apparently from Volga-Ural area and Mangyshlak; eastward to Mugodzhary ridge and area North Trans-Aral area.

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.