Conspectus of the ornithological fauna of the USSR
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Conspectus of the ornithological fauna of the USSR (ISBN 5-02-005300-7) is a 1991 Russian language publication by ornithologist L. S. Stepanyan.
It contains a list of bird species recorded from the former Soviert Union, together with details of their distribution, taxonomic relationships and subspecies.
[edit] Taxonomic changes
The following is a list of the species splits & lumps proposed by Stepanyan[1]:
- Siberian Herring Gull (Larus heuglini), together with the race vegae to be regarded as a separate species from Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
- Asian and Lesser Short-toed Larks to be regarded as separate species
- Yellow-headed (Motacilla lutea), Green-headed (M. taivana) and |Black-headed (M. feldegg) Wagtails split from Yellow Wagtail (M. flava)
- Masked (Motacilla personata) and Black-backeds (M. lugens) Wagtails split from White Wagtail (M. alba)
- Eastern Great (Parus minor), Turkestan (P. bokharensis), and Grey (P. cinereus) Tits split from Great Tit (P. major)
- Grey-bellied (Pyrrhula griseiventris) and Grey (P. cineracea) Bullfinches split from Common Bullfinch (P. pyrrhula)
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[edit] References
- ^ Voous (1977) is used for this comparison
[edit] Bibliography
- Madge, Steve (1991) Splitting and lumping in the Soviet Union Birding World 4(11):401-4
- Voous, K. H. (1977) List of recent Holarctic bird species
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