About subspecies affinity of the Crimean red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio (Passeriformes, Laniidae)

• Published in: Збірник праць Зоологічного музею
• Date: 2013
• Main Authors: Tajkova, S.U., Red’kin, Y.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Національний Науково-природничий музей НАН України 2013
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/161223
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: About subspecies affinity of the Crimean red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio (Passeriformes, Laniidae) / S.U. Tajkova, Y.A. Red’kin // Збірник праць Зоологічного музею. — 2013. — Вип. 44. — С. 134-144. — Бібліогр.: 20 назв. — англ.

The conducted comparative morphological analysis (in particular comparative measurements of adult birds and coloration of adult males) allow distinguishing of the Crimean endemic subspecies Lanius collurio tauricus Moltschanov, 1917 from the widespread L. c. collurio. L. c. tauricus is characterized...