Common Treecreeper

Certhia familiaris daurica (Domaniewski, 1922)

2011-02-16 Pavlodar	© S.S. Monakov

Description

The lightest race. Upper parts is lighter, whitish spots are bigger and more numerous, than in other races.

Distribution

Breeds in coniferous forests near Semipalatinsk, in Kalbinskiy and Southwest Altai and probably in Saur. Probably birds of this race were observed in Astana 29 November and 16 December 1990 and in Kurgaldzhino Reserve 2 and 14 November 2002.

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.