Eurasian Linnet
Acanthis cannabina fringillirostris Bonaparte et Schlegel, 1850
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male VKO Katon-Karagay
female Ust-Kamenogorsk, KSHT
- on the site
- 109 observationslast: 1 May 2026
Description
The crown (excepting the pink spot) is more light grey; the mantle is lighter than in cannabina.
Distribution
Breeds in middle current of Syrdarya valley, in Tien Shan and Karatau, in Dzhungarskiy Alatau, Tarbagatay and about Ayaguz, in Saur, Kalbinskiy Altai and Southwest Altai. In summer recorded in Pavlodarskoye Trans-Irtysh area at Scherbakty village and in Chu-Iliyskiye Mts. On migration occurs within the breeding range, vagrants registered in Kurgaldzhino Reserve 23 October 1970. Winters in south from Almaty - Taraz, at once observed on Syrdarya valley at Dzhusaly station 12 – 22 January 1928.
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