Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus bonapartei Cabanis, 1860
Қылғытпа сайрақ
Almaty region
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- 312 observationslast: 29 Jan 2026
Description
The upperparts are lighter, more greyish less brownish; the spots on the underparts are slightly smaller and less numerous than on viscivorus.
Distribution
Breeds in Kokchetav and Kazakh uplands; in Southwest Altai; in Kalbinskiy Altai; Saur; Tarbagatay; Dzhungarskiy Alatau; and Tien Shan (in west up to Pskem and Ugam ridges). On migration it occurs mostly in the east half of Kazakhstan, westward apparently to Naurzum Reserve, Mugodzhary ridge and Syrdarya delta. In small numbers it winters on the south of Republic, from the Syrdarya valley to the northern spurs of Dzhungarskiy Alatau.
