Zoogeographic peculiarities of distribution of birds. Part 2. Paleogea and Arctogea

Natural separation of the Earth’s surface on lands and zoogeographic regions causes presence of demonstrative species that occur only in certain geographical latitudes. Review of avifauna of the Paleogea and Arctogea, description of significant differences in species richness and uniqueness of the zoogeographical lands, as well as the Ukrainian names of demonstrative bird species is proposed for the first time. Description of all zoogeographic regions and subregions of Notogea, Neogea, Paleogea and Arctogea is completed. Uniqueness of diversity of bird species in these regions gives us an idea about current distribution of the endemic birds and existance of natural centers of origin of animals on our planet

Migration of Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos L. (Aves: Charadriiformes) in the Cholgini ornithological reserve

Peculiarities of migration, biometrics and stopover ecology of Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos L.) in the Cholgini ornithological reserve (West Ukraine) are discussed. Main autumn passage of the species occurs from second decade of July to second decade of August. Average number of migrants per one count didn’t exceed 2–3 individuals. Mean passage date on autumn migration was 30 July. First quartile – 19 July, second – 15 August. Frequency distributions of all biometrical measurements except of weight were unimodal. Average stopover length equals 3.9 days. Potential flight range of juvenile birds reaches 3 901 km, adult – 4 602 km. Therefore, fat reserves deposited in the reserve are not enough to reach main wintering grounds in Central Africa. On the studied territory Common Sandpipers migrate as S-strategists, depositing fat reserves during long time period. This is also confirmed by high fat amounts in that species and high potential flight range in comparison to other species of waders

Bats (Chiroptera) in the collection of the Zoological Museum of Lviv University, Ukraine

The theriological collection of the Zoological Museum of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv was amassed during 142 years. It has over 3,800 exhibits, among which 343 (9 %) are bats (Chiroptera) that belong to 32 species. The bat collection is represented by study skins (254 exhibits) which are being preserved in 22 special boxes. Stuffed and almost all fluid-preserved specimens of bats are presented only in the exposition. Besides, there are 6 skeletons and 11 skulls in the collection, which belong to at least 9 species of bats. The main part of the collection was gathered in Western Ukraine, and only a few samples originate from the South and East of Ukraine. In particular, the type series of Khazarian serotine Eptesicus lobatus Zagorodniuk, 2009 was brought from Eastern Ukraine. Tropical species are also presented in the collection: Hipposideros caffer, Epomophorus labiatus, Pteropus vampyrus, and species of the genera Neoromicia and Rousettus. The bat collection was amassed during 1900–2015. It widely represents the bat fauna of the Carpathian region and Transcarpathian lowland.Теріологічна колекція Зоологічного музею ЛНУ ім. І. Франка зібрана упродовж 142 років та налічує понад 3 800 музейних зразків, з яких 343 зразки, або 9 % — рукокрилі (Chiroptera) 32 видів. За типами музейних зразків колекція представлена тушками (254 екз.), які зберігаються у 22 спеціальних коробках. Опудала та майже всі мокрі препарати кажанів представлені в експозиції. Крім того, у колекції зберігаються шість скелетів та 19 черепів, що належать не менше ніж 9 видам кажанів. Основна частина колекції зібрана в межах західних областей України і лише поодинокими зразками представлено південь та схід. Зі cходу України, зокрема, є типовий матеріал пергача донецького, Eptesicus lobatus Zagorodniuk, 2009. Тропічні види представлені у колекції видами Hipposideros caffer, Epomophorus labiatus, Pteropus vampyrus, представниками родів Neoromicia та Rousettus. Хронологічно колекція зібрана упродовж 1900–2015 рр. Вона широко репрезентує хіроптерофауну регіону Карпат та Закарпатської низовини

Bats (Chiroptera) in the collection of the Zoological Museum of Lviv University, Ukraine

The theriological collection of the Zoological Museum of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv was amassed during 142 years. It has over 3,800 exhibits, among which 343 (9 %) are bats (Chiroptera) that belong to 32 species. The bat collection is represented by study skins (254 exhibits) which are being preserved in 22 special boxes. Stuffed and almost all fluid-preserved specimens of bats are presented only in the exposition. Besides, there are 6 skeletons and 11 skulls in the collection, which belong to at least 9 species of bats. The main part of the collection was gathered in Western Ukraine, and only a few samples originate from the South and East of Ukraine. In particular, the type series of Khazarian serotine Eptesicus lobatus Zagorodniuk, 2009 was brought from Eastern Ukraine. Tropical species are also presented in the collection: Hipposideros caffer, Epomophorus labiatus, Pteropus vampyrus, and species of the genera Neoro­micia and Rousettus. The bat collection was amassed during 1900–2015. It widely represents the bat fauna of the Carpathian region and Transcarpathian lowland

Microbial contamination of deep-water exhibits of zoological museum

Zoological museum exhibits are important sources of knowledge about diversity of natu­­re. But these prolonged preservation is often restricted by biodamages, caused by the mic­roorganisms. Microorganisms are able to damage wood, paper, metal constructions and, obviously, museum exhibits for a short period of time. Therefore, the question of museum exhibits defence is an actual aspect of scientific studies. The first investigations of zoolo­gical museum deep-water exhibits contaminated by microorganisms have been done. It was shown that exhibits could be contaminated by air. The quantitative and qualitative air microbial correlation have been analyzed and the stability of museum microflora has been releaved

Recommendation for the third edition of the Red Data Book of Ukraine: Birds

Based on the analysis of changes in size and number of species in habitats nesting birds, population trends are subjected to significant fluctuations over the past decade, justifying proposals for new species to the third edition of the Red Book of Ukraine. For certain types the need to continue their conservation status within the national Red Book was confirmed