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Weaver Wednesday 4 [291] - Weaver themes [28]: Anton Reichenow, author of most weaver species2018-01-10 (816)
Weaver Wednesday 4: Weaver themes (Series)
Anton Reichenow, author of most weaver species
Anton Reichenow (1847 - 1941) was a German ornithologist and herpetologist. Reichenow was the son-in-law of Jean Cabanis, and worked at the Humboldt Museum from 1874 to 1921. He was an expert on African birds, making a collecting expedition to West Africa in 1872 and 1873, and writing "Die Vogel Afrikas (1900-05)". He was also an expert on parrots, describing all species then known in a book. He was editor of the Journal fur Ornithologie from 1894 to 1921. A number of birds are named after him, including Reichenow's woodpecker and Reichenow's firefinch. Reichenow also worked in the scientific field of herpetology. He is credited with describing a new genus and two new species of frogs, and two new species of lizards. Weavers described by Reichenow:
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