Vol. 77 (3) 2025

ARTICLES

Type Specimens of Recent Birds in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Bulgaria

Jiří Mlíkovský1 & Zlatozar N. Boev2*

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1Center for Historical Ornithology, K Berance 6, CZ-190 00 Praha 9, Czechia; E-mail: jmlikovsky@gmail.com
*2Vertebrates Department, National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria; E-mail: zlatozarboev@gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.71424/azb77.3.002878

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Abstract

A catalogue of the type specimens of recent birds (three nominal species-group taxa) in the National Museum of Natural History at Sofia, Bulgaria, is presented. It contains data on the type specimens of the nominal subspecies Phasianus colchicus europaeus Hachisuka, 1937 (Galliformes: Phasianidae), Picus canus caesaris Steinbacher, 1938 (Piciformes: Picidae) and Prunella modularis meinertzhageni Harrison & Patev, 1937 (Passeriformes: Prunellidae), which have been described from Bulgaria. None of these subspecies is currently considered valid.

Key words

Aves, historical ornithology, museum collections, nomenclature, systematics

How to Cite
Mlíkovský J. & Boev Z. N. 2025. Type Specimens of Recent Birds in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Bulgaria. Acta zoologica bulgarica 77 (3): 415-418.

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