title: Current Structure of the Fauna and Features of Bird Distribution in Crimea
abstract: A list of the Crimean bird fauna is presented to reflect the current state of knowledge and to characterize the status and environmental specificity of the species involved. For the first time, an analysis of the phenological and ecological structure of the Crimean avifauna as a whole is carried out, separately for the mountain and plain parts which support various zoochorological subunits. The special position of foothills as an area transitional between the coastal zone and the forested steppe
journal: Biology Bulletin