See also:
Parus cyanus Pallas, 1770
Parus cyanus tianschanicus Menzbier, 1884
Parus cyanus hyperrhiphaeus Dementiev et Heptner, 1932
Parus cyanus koktalensis Portenko, 1954

Synonyms

Parus cyanus apeliotes Meise, 1934

Description

Please see the page of Azure Tit (Parus cyanus). The characters of the race: head with grey shade. Back lighter than cyanus, but darker than hyperrhiphaeus. White colour on secondaries distributed near the same, as at cyanus.

Distribution

Breeding in Southwest Altai, in Zaysan depression, Saur ridge and in eastern part of Dzhungarskiy Alatau. Here occurs also on dispersal and in winter.

References

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