Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata striata (Раllas, 1764)

2006-04-30 Uralsk, Kirov park, West Kazakhstan oblast	© Askar Isabekov

Description

Upper parts are darker, brownish-tinged; dark streaks on under parts are more developed than in neumanni.

Distribution

Breeds in middle current of Ural valley, probably nests and in south from Uralsk, where occurs in summer between Kolovertnoe and Budarino. One nest with 4 eggs found 18 May 2004 in 50 km north of Beyneu. Breeds also in Kokchetav upland and Irtysh valley up to Semipalatinsk, in Semeytau Mts. and in Kalbinskiy Altai. 11 June 1972 the restless pair recorded in Naurzum pine forest. On migration occurs in south of breeding range.

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.