Leonid Portenko

Leonid Aleksandrovich Portenko (11 October 1896 – 26 May 1972) was a Soviet ornithologist of Ukrainian origin who carried out extensive zoogeographic studies on the birds of the northern and north-eastern Palaearctic region. He was born in Smila, Ukraine, though most of his career was spent working in, and conducting expeditions from, the ornithological department of the Zoological Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Leningrad.[1][2]

His publications include:

References

  1. Kumari, E. (1974). "Leonid Alexandrovich Portenko 1896-1972". Journal für Ornithologie 115 (3): 365–367. doi:10.1007/BF01644330.
  2. "Department of Ornithology: History". Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

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