Jean Cabanis

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Jean Louis Cabanis.

Jean Louis Cabanis (March 8, 1816 – February 20, 1906) was a German ornithologist.

Cabanis was born in Berlin. He studied at the University of Berlin from 1835 to 1839, and then travelled to North America, returning in 1841 with a large natural history collection. He was assistant and later director of the Berlin University Museum, taking over from Martin Lichtenstein. He founded the Journal für Ornithologie in 1853, editing it for the next forty-one years, when he was succeeded by his son-in-law Anton Reichenow.^[1]^[2]

A number of birds are named after him, including Cabanis' Bunting Emberiza cabanisi, Cabanis' Spinetail Synallaxis cabanisi, Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi, and Cabanis' Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi.

[edit] References

^ Smith, Kimberly G. (2006) 100 Years Ago in The American Ornithologists' Union. The Auk 123(1):295-296
^ Schalow, Herman (1906) Jean Cabanis. Journal fur Ornithologie 54(3):329-358

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