Abstract
The paper presents a catalogue of bird specimens (dry mounted preserves) survived after the closing (1948) of the former Catholic College “Saint Augustine”. Currently, the studied specimens are kept at the Regional Natural History Museum in Plovdiv. The collection includes a total of 193 species of birds of 81 families and 28 orders, represented by 205 specimens (circa two percent of the recent World avifauna). Over 15 percent of the species have an IUCN conservation status (NT to CR). The most valuable are the following specimens: critically endangered grey-backed myna (Acridotheres tricolor) and two endangered species - echo parakeet (Psittacula eques) and sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca). This is the 2nd largest collection of exotic birds in Bulgaria.
Highlights
The studied specimens are kept at the Regional Natural History Museum in Plovdiv
Until recently (2012), these specimens had been kept at the fund repositories of the Regional Natural History Museum in Plovdiv and they had not been exposed to visitors in the exhibition halls (Todorov, 2016)
We present a complete list of all survived specimens of bird preserves of the French College
Summary
Until recently (2012), these specimens had been kept at the fund repositories of the Regional Natural History Museum in Plovdiv and they had not been exposed to visitors in the exhibition halls (Todorov, 2016). A very small part of the former bird collection of the French College (six specimens) survived and still exist in the “St. Cyril and Methodius” High School in Plovdiv. All they are listed in the paper (see below)
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