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Eurasian Siskin

Carduelis spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Чиж | жашыл башайы
male

2017-03-17
Archaly village, Chuy region
© Sergey Toropov

Biology

Very rare breeding migrant, but common passage migrant or winter visitor on most of non-breeding territory. Inhabits the pine-birch forests on granite rocks of Kazakh Upland, on migration and wintering prefers the birch groves, shrub thickets, shelterbelts, shrubby deciduous forests on rivers valleys, and the thickets of tall weeds. No one nest was found in Kazakhstan. Broods with flying juveniles were observed from first ten days to end of July. Autumn migration begins in mid-end September or in some years only in early October. Most common the small flocks of 10-15 birds, but sometimes the flocks of 50-100 birds may be observed. In spring disappears in wintering sites in March - April, some birds linger up to early – mid-May.

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. Издательство Уральского университета, 2000.

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