saltlakes towards Mongolian border = Kulusutay, probably on Onon River, Siberia.
Subspecies name stegmanni is a replacement for litoralis, latter name being invalid, as preoccupied. C Asian and Himalayan populations represented by relatively distinctive race atrifrons, treated by some#R as a separate species: mongolus has white forehead (with narrow black dividing line) and very narrow black line dividing white throat from peach-coloured breast, whereas atrifrons has black forehead and no black line between throat and breast; on many specimens in NHMUK, however, there is much black in forehead of mongolus so that white is significantly reduced, and there are spots of white in forehead of some atrifrons. Five subspecies normally recognized.
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Status and conservation
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