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Rock Sparrow

Petronia petronia kirhizica (Sushkin, 1925)

Каменный воробей | Тас торғайы
2014-11-01
Zhulandy cape, Mangystau.
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Description

The lightest race. Crown is lighter, dark back strips more light-brown, less black-brown, under parts cleaner-white, less brownish-white than in intermedia.

Distribution

Breeding in Western Kazakhstan, in north to Aleksandrov Gai, Alzhan lake area, Zhuldus station (Ilek valley), Karabutak, Aktobe and middle curret of Irgiz river; in south up to Mangyshlak and Aralsk, east up to Irgiz village. A flock of 150 birds recorded at August 1986 in Dokuchaevka. Wintering in area adjacent to Caspian Sea from north, in lower Emba valley, on Mangyshlak and Barsa-Kelmes island.

References

"Птицы Казахстана" том 5. "Наука". Алма-Ата, 1974. Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999. Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005.

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relative taxons

Petronia petronia
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Petronia petronia intermedia
(Hartert, 1901)
Petronia petronis brevirostris
(Taczanowski, 1874)

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