Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History, 2016, Nr 14, pages 73–85

Ukrainian Names of Overgenus Taxa in the Nomenclature of the Birds of the World

doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/vnm.2016.14.073

author(s): Fesenko, H. V. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5971-7055,
I.I.Schmalhausen Institute for Zoology, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Summary:

The publication deals with the Ukrainian names of high rank taxons according to the classification system presented in the “Handbook of the Birds of the World”. In general, there are 28 orders, 207 families and 125 subfamilies, a significant part of which is named in the Ukrainian nomenclature at the first time. It is noted that the modern Ukrainian nomenclature of birds, just as the Latin one, is based on two main principles, such as unification and typification ensuring sufficient comfort in creation the names of all taxonomic ranks. The first principle is unconditionally applied in creation of bird names while the second one is used with exceptions in both Latin and Ukrainian. In Latin nomenclature a clear exception is the family Neosittidae which is not typificated on the genus name Daphoenositta, however, it is the only in this family. Similar exceptions are also in the Ukrainian nomenclature caused mostly by traditions in the usage of some names. They are connected with previous ideas on beloning of some bird species to a genus or other taxa. All of the Ukrainian exceptions are detally discussed, and in some cases, typificated names as synonyms of traditional non-typificated names are proposed.

Keywords:

Ukrainian bird nomenclature, overgenus taxa names, avifauna of the World.

Corresponding author address:

H. V. Fesenko; I. I. Schmalhausen Institute for Zoology, NAS of Ukraine; Bohdan Khmelnytsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01601 Ukraine; e-mail: h.fesenko@gmail.com

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