Order PASSERIFORMES | Family PARIDAE |


See also:
Parus cyanus Pallas, 1770
Parus cyanus tianschanicus Menzbier, 1884
Parus cyanus yenisseensis Buturlin, 1911
Parus cyanus koktalensis Portenko, 1954

No Synonyms


Description


Please see the page of Azure Tit (Parus cyanus). The characters of the race: head white. Back lighter, more greyish-bluish, and less bluish; white colour on secondaries more distributed than cyanus.

Distribution


Breeding in middle current of Ural valley, in Northern Kazakhstan (Naurzum, Petropavlovsk area, Kokchetav upland), at Borovoye, Alekseyevka and Akmola, in eastern part of Kazakhishe upland (Bayanaul, Kent, Kyzylray), near Karaganda and in Kalbinskiy Altai, east up to western foothills of Altai. On dispersal and in winter occurs somewhat southern also (in particular, in Kurgaldzhino) and several times near Chelkar station in autumn.

References


Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.