Azure Tit

Description. Head is white. Mantle is darker, more bluish, less greyish-bluish; white on secondaries is less distributed than in hyperrhiphaeus.
Distribution. Probably this race occurs on dispersal and in winter in Western Kazakhstan.

Description. Head is white. Mantle is lighter, more greyish-bluish, less bluish; white on secondaries more distributed than in cyanus.
Distribution. Breeds in middle current of Ural valley, in Northern Kazakhstan (Naurzum, Petropavlovsk area, Kokchetav upland), at Borovoye, Alekseyevka and Astana, in eastern part of Kazakh upland (Bayanaul, Kent, Kyzylray), near Karaganda and in Kalbinskiy Altai, in east to western foothills of Altai. On dispersal and in winter occurs somewhat in south (in Kurgaldzhino and near Chelkar station).

Description. Head is grey-tinged. mantle is lighter than in cyanus, but darker than in hyperrhiphaeus. White on secondaries distributed same as in cyanus.
Distribution. Breeds in Southwest Altai, in Zaysan depression, Saur ridge and in eastern part of Dzhungarskiy Alatau. In this range occurs also on dispersal and wintering.

Description. Colour is similar to hyperrhiphaeus; differs by more massive bill.
Distribution. Breeds in Chu valley, Southern Trans-Balkhash area, in lower current of Ile, Karatal, Lepsy and Aksu rivers and in Alakol depression. In the same range occurs in winter.

Description. Head is with intens grey tinge, darker than in yenisseensis. Mantle is the same as in cyanus, and darker than in yenisseensis and hyperrhiphaeus. White on secondaries is less distributed than in cyanus and yenisseensis.
Distribution. Breeds and winters in Tien Shan, Dzhungarskiy Alatau, Tarbagatay, in middle and upper current of Ile valley.