Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
Update ... from the Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature Forum, thread In search of elusive type specimens ... (here, posts #1-4).
Regarding the obscure (and debated) subspecies:
• "Phasianus mongolicus bergii" ZARUDNY 1914, from the islands in the Aral Sea, Central Asia [considered either a synonym of Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus LORENZ 1896, or a valid subspecies (according to Clements, et al), depending on which taxonomy you prefer to follow]
Thanks to Laurent we now know that this "bergii" is not (as earlier have been claimed) commemorating the Swedish botanist Peter Jonas Bergius (1730-1790), but instead the Russian naturalist Lev Semënovich Berg (1876-1950).
One step forward!
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Regarding the obscure (and debated) subspecies:
• "Phasianus mongolicus bergii" ZARUDNY 1914, from the islands in the Aral Sea, Central Asia [considered either a synonym of Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus LORENZ 1896, or a valid subspecies (according to Clements, et al), depending on which taxonomy you prefer to follow]
Thanks to Laurent we now know that this "bergii" is not (as earlier have been claimed) commemorating the Swedish botanist Peter Jonas Bergius (1730-1790), but instead the Russian naturalist Lev Semënovich Berg (1876-1950).
One step forward!
:t:
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