Biography

Tso-hsin Cheng or Zuoxin Zheng, Chinese ornithologist (Fuzhou, Changle County, Fujian Province 18 November 1906 – Beijing 27 June 1998)

Authored 30 books, 20 monographs, 150 scientific papers and 260 popular articles

DESCRIBED AVIAN SUBSPECIES

Cyornis unicolor diaoluoensis 1981 with Yang & Lu

Dendrocopos leucotos tangi 1956

Dendrocopos major wulashanicus 1975 with Xian, Zhang & Jiang

Ficedula sapphira tienchuanensis 1964

Garrulax canorus mengliensis 1980 with Yang

Garrulax courtoisi simaoensis 1982 with Tang

Garrulax pectoralis pingi 1963

Lophura nycthemera omeiensis 1964 with

Paradoxornis paradoxus taipaiensis 1973 with Lo & Chao

Paradoxornis zappeyi erlangshanicus 1983 with Li & Zhang

Passer rutilans batangensis 1963 with Tan

Pomatorhinus ruficollis hunanensis 1974

Pteruthius ricketti lingshuiensis 1963

Sitta solangiae chienfengensis 1964 with Ting & Wang

Tragopan caboti guangxiensis 1979 with Wu

Treron sieboldii fopingensis 1973 with Tan & Sung