Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History, 2016, Nr 14, pages 64–72

Taxonomic Review of Shrikes of the Genus Lanius from Ukraine and Their Presence in the Collection of the National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine

doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/vnm.2016.14.064

author(s): Tajkova, S. Yu. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9037-6471,
National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Summary:

The paper contains data on shrike species and subspecies (genus Lanius) from the territory of Ukraine, based mainly on the ornithological collection of the zoological department of the National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine. There were analyzed 445 specimens collected for 165 years (from 1843 until 2008) representing six species of shrikes: Lanius excubitor (represented by polymorphic individuals of the nominative subspecies L. ex excubitor), L. nubicus, L. minor (represented by the nominative subspecies L. m. minor), L. collurio (represented by subspecies L. c. collurio and L. c. tauricus), L. senator (represented mostly by individuals of the nominative subspecies L. s. senator) and L. borealis (represented by one of its subspecies L. b. sibiricus). The paper also deals with the history of studies on shrikes in Ukraine, as well as with diagnostic features and taxonomic structure of these birds in the fauna of Ukraine.

Keywords:

shrikes, Lanius, subspecies, collections, National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine.

Corresponding author address:

S. Y. Tajkova; National Museum of Natural History, NAS Ukraine; Bohdan Khmelnitsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01601 Ukraine; e-mail: tajkova@izan.kiev.ua

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