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unusual facts about Nominate subspecies



Abbott's Babbler

The subspecies M. a. krishnarajui of the Eastern Ghats has a darker russet tail and rump than the Himalayan nominate subspecies.

California Gull

There are two subspecies recognized, the nominate from the Great Basin to central Montana and Wyoming, and the slightly larger, paler L. c. albertaensis with a more northerly distribution, ranging from Great Slave Lake onto the Great Plains of western Manitoba and South Dakota.

Pale-winged Trumpeter

It has two subspecies: The widespread nominate has a white rump and is found south of the Amazon River and west of the Madeira River, while ochroptera has a yellowish rump and is found between the Amazon River and the lower Rio Negro.

White-eyed Parakeet

In addition to the nominate, there are two very similar subspecies, callogenys and nicefori, although the validity of the latter, based on a single specimen, is questionable.

White-throated Toucan

It was formerly considered to be two species, with the southern and western nominate subspecies, R. t. tucanus, named the Red-billed Toucan, and the northern and eastern subspecies, R. t. cuvieri, Cuvier's Toucan (when considered a species; R. cuvieri, Wagler, 1827).


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Andean Siskin

The nominate subspecies occurs in coastal mountains of northern Aragua in north Venezuela, the Andes of westerm Venezuela, through the Serranía del Perijá and the eastern Andes in Colombia south to Valle, Putumayo, Nariño and Pichincha Province in Ecuador.

Blackish Cinclodes

The nominate subspecies C. a. antarcticus occurs on the Falklands where it is common on many smaller islands but scarce on West and East Falkland where it suffers from predation by introduced cats and rats.

Bornean bearded pig

Genetic evidence suggests this is incorrect, and S. b. oi is better limited to Sumatra, leaving bearded pigs from both Borneo and the Malay Peninsula in the nominate subspecies.

Buff-winged Cinclodes

It was formerly considered the nominate subspecies of the Bar-winged Cinclodes.

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan

This subspecies is replaced from southern Colombia to eastern Peru by the nominate subspecies Black-mandibled Toucan, R. ambiguus ambiguus.

Flame Brocade

The nominate subspecies Trigonophora flammea flammea is found in Europe mostly in the Mediterranean area but up to Normandy.It is also found on the Channel Islands and it has spread to southern England and Ireland.

Hyposmocoma chilonella

The larvae of the nominate subspecies are whitish and feed on Acacia koa, Aleurites moluccana, Cheirodendron gaudichaudii, Coprosma foliosa and other Coprosma species, Metrosideros, Pipturus, Rubus hawaiiensis and Smilax sandwicensis.

Solander Islands

The southern, and nominate, subspecies of Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche b. bulleri) breeds only on the Solanders and the Snares.

Stygian Ringlet

The subspecies E. s. triglites of the Bergamo Alps and Monte Generoso is more strongly marked than the nominate subspecies E. s. styx.

Swamp antechinus

For the nominate subspecies A. m. minimus, the range is Tasmania, including Sunday Island King Island and Flinders Island.

Trilling Shrike-babbler

It previously was considered the nominate subspecies of the Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler.

Violet-crowned Woodnymph

It is now considered by the AOU as the nominate subspecies of the Crowned Woodnymph.

White-backed Woodpecker

D. l. leucotos (Bechstein, 1802), the nominate subspecies, widespread across Eurasia from north, central and eastern Europe to northeast Asia, Korea and Sakhalin.