See also:
Regulus regulus Linnaeus, 1758
Regulus regulus regulus Linnaeus, 1758
Regulus regulus coatsi Sushkin, 1904

No Synonyms

Description

Please see the page of Goldcrest (Regulus regulus). The characters of the race: sharply differentiate race. From others subspecies differs by smaller development and more light tone of yellow spot on crown. At males orange shade on crown absent or poorly developed, at females yellow spot strongly reduced and has pale-yellow colour. Black strips on each side of yellow spot developed much more poorly, than at other races, at females they very poorly marked or absent. General colour lighter, dull greyish-green.

Distribution

Breeding in Tien Shan (Zailiyskiy Alatau, Kungey Alatau, Ketmen' ridge) and Dzhungarskiy Alatau. On dispersal and in winter occurs in foothills, and by mountains it reaches Western Tien Shan (on Chokpak Pass recorded 23-30 October 1968, 22 October 1971, 13 October 1972, 28 September – 25 October 1973, 6-24 October 2000, 23 October 2002, 20-25 October 2003, 4-22 October 2004) and Tashkent.

References

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