Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus maurus Pallas, 1773
Қарабас шақшақ
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male Berel river, Katon
female Almaty, Republic Square
- on the site
- 485 observationslast: 21 Apr 2026
Description
At males the tail feathers are black with a bit dispersal of white color on the base (sometimes white color is almost absent and in this case tail feathers are wholly black with some lightening on base only). Upper tail coverts are white (with the buffy tips in fresh plumage). The least dispersal of the white color on tail feathers (sometimes complete disappearance) is peculiar to the birds of Central Asia.
Distribution
Breeds in northern and eastern Kazakhstan, from the middle current of Ural river up to Altai. In the south to Ayryuk Mt. in Mugodzhary ridge, Irgiz valley, lower current of Turgay and Chu rivers (however recently not found here), Dzhungarskiy Alatau, Talasskiy Alatau and Ugamskiy ridge. On migration occurs throughout exclude Volga-Ural area, Mangyshlak and Ustyurt.
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