Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History, 2016, Nr 14, pages 47–54

The Avian Osteological Collection (Non-Passeriformes) Deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine

doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/vnm.2016.14.047

author(s): L. V. Gorobets. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-7878,
National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Summary:

The article presents the checklist of Non-Passeriformes birds which skeletons are represented in the osteological collection of the National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine). The dynamics of the collection enrichment and names of collectors are shown. The very first specimens were collected in 1859. The most active work on the collection enrichment was carried out during 1930–1950 by I. G. Pidoplichko, V. O. Antonovich, V. I. Zubareva and others. Even during the World War II the museum’s stuff were trying to collect new materials. Bones of birds gained not far from the front line are presented in the collection. The enrichment activities decreased during 1960–1970 and almost totally ceased during 1980–2000. Since 2013, the work has been renewed. To the present day the collection contains bones of 1557 individuals of non-Passerine birds representing 266 wild species and 5 domestic forms. A part of skeletons are remains from museum carcasses: bones of shoulder girdle, sternum, sacrum, shoulder and femoral bones etc. Most individuals were collected in the territory of Ukraine, Russia and the Southern Ocean. A relatively large part of birds was delivered from the Kyiv Zoo.

Keywords:

bird bones, bone collection, osteology.

Corresponding author address:

L. V. Gorobets; National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine; Bohdan Khmelnitsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01030 Ukraine; e-mail: ornitologist@gmail.com

References:

Howard, R., A. Moore. 2013. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th edn. Vol. 1: Non-passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, 1–461.

Zelenkov, N. V., E. N. Kurochkin. 2015. Class Aves. Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries. Fossil Reptiles and Birds. Part 3. GEOS, Moscow, 86–109. (In Russian)

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