569. SUBSP. STURNUS POLTARATZSKYI.
Sturms poltaratzshyi, Finsch, P.Z.S. 1878, p. 712 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xiii. p. 36 ; Dresser, ix. p. 233 ; S. nobiliar, Hume, Stray F. 1879, p. 175 ; S. menzbitri ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. O. p. 543 (1893, nec. Sharpe).
ad. Differs from S. purpurascens merely in having the hind-neck greenish purple, the throat purplish bronze instead of greenish bronze, and the flanks dark purple instead of bronze-purple, and it is at best but a doubtful subspecies.
Hab. Persia ; the Altai mountains, Afghanistan, and Siberia, visiting India in the winter. In habits and nidification not differing from S. vulgaris.
BookTitle:
A Manual Of Palaearctic Birds
Reference:
Dresser, Henry Eeles. A Manual of Palaearctic Birds. Vol. 1. 1902.
Title in Book:
569. Sturnus poltaratzskyi
CatNo:
569
Year:
1902
Page No:
400
M_ID:
26849
M_SN:
Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi
Volume:
Vol. 1
Term name:
id:
10954
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