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Benjamin Leadbeater

Benjamin Leadbeater: Benjamin Leadbeater est un taxidermiste, un important négociant en histoire naturelle et un ornithologue britannique, né en 1760 et mort en 1837.

Il tient une boutique au 19 Brewer Street, Piccadilly. Leadbeater fournit à l’occasion les muséums et emploie les services de nombreux naturalistes à travers le monde.

Plusieurs espèces lui ont été dédiées comme le bucorve du Sud (Bucorvus leadbeateri) par Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785-1840) en 1825, le cacatoès de Leadbeater (Cacatua leadbeateri) également par Vigors en 1831 ou le brillant à front violet (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) par Jules Bourcier (1797-1873).

Source

Bo Beolens et Michael Watkins (2003). Whose Bird? Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press (New Haven et Londres).

Leadbeater est l’abréviation habituelle de Benjamin Leadbeater en zoologie.
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Catégories :
Ornithologue
Ornithologue britannique
Commerce d'histoire naturelle
Naissance en 1760
Décès en 1837

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