August von Pelzeln
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August von Pelzeln (1825 - September 2, 1891) was an Austrian ornithologist in Austria.
August Edler Pelzeln was in charge of the mammal and bird collections at the Imperial Natural History Museum (Imperial Cabinet)in Vienna. He worked on the birds collected by Johann Natterer in Brazil in 1822.
He was forced to retire from the museum due to ill health, and died at Oberdöbling near Vienna.
Some birds described by Pelzeln are Red-eyed Thornbird, Spot-winged Antbird, Red-legged Tinamou, Short-billed Leaftosser, Yellow-margined Flatbill and the New Zealand Rockwren.
[edit] Works
- Bemerkungen gegen Darwin's Theorie vom Ursprung der Spezies. Vienna: A. Pichler Witwe & Sohn (1861).
- Zur Ornithologie Brasiliens, Resultate von Johann Natterers Reisen in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835 Johann Natterers" Wien, A. Pichler's Witwe & Sohn (1871) BHL
- Many papers in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (usually abbreviated Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien
[edit] References
- See Zobodat [1] Obits include bibliography
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