Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca sibirica (Chachlov, 1915)

		male female
2013-04-29 Batpakkol lake, Kamysty reg, Kostanay oblast 2013-05-03 Karamendy vill, Naurzum reg, Kostanay oblast	© Aleksey Timoshenko © Aleksey Timoshenko

Description

Birds of black morph presented in a much less number than in hypoleuca. Upperparts of birds of other morphs are lighter, with more developed greyish tinge than in hypoleuca.

Distribution

Probably breeds in Northern Kazakhstan (at Suvorovka village and in north of Ryazanka village). Singl birds occurs on spring migration in Naurzum Reserve, on Arys station, in Astana and in Kurgaldzhino Reserve.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Урала, Приуралья и Западной Сибири". Екатеринбург. Изд-во Уральского университета, 2000.