Conspectus of the Ornithological Fauna of the USSR
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 Soviet Union, together with details of their distribution, taxonomic relationships and subspecies.
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
- (Motacilla lutea), (M. taivana) and black-headed (M. feldegg) wagtails split from yellow wagtail (M. flava)
- Masked (Motacilla personata) and black-backed (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)
- (Pyrrhula griseiventris) and grey (P. cineracea) bullfinches split from common bullfinch (P. pyrrhula)
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References[]
- ^ Voous (1977) is used for this comparison
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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