Menetries Warbler

Sylvia mystacea turcmenica (Zarudny & Bilkevich, 1918)

2014-04-10 South Kazakhstan area. Akkum.	© Andrey Kovalenko

Description

Upperparts paler, the vine tinge on underparts is less rich and intense than in mystacea.

Distribution

Breeds on islands and east coast of Aral Sea, in Syrdarya valley and in territory adjacent Kyzylkum desert. At once shot in August 1927 in Talasskiy Alatau at Ur-Maral. On migration occurs repeatedly in autumn in foothills of Western Tien Shan at Chokpak Pass.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 4. Алма-Ата, 1972. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.