George Such
George Such | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1798 England |
| Died | 1879 (aged 80–81) |
| Known for | Collecting bird species in Brazil; describing new genera and species |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, Ornithology |
| Such | |
George Such (1798–1879) was an English physician and ornithologist, and a member of the Linnean Society of London.
He collected bird species in eastern Brazil. During his stay in the country, he was in regular contact with two leading ornithologists of the time: William Swainson and Nicholas Aylward Vigors.[1][2]
In 1825, he published two papers in the Zoological Journal of London in which he described a new genus, Gubernetes as well as several species:[1]
- Ardea fasciata = Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Dendrocolaptes crassirostris = Xiphocolaptes albicollis
- fortirostris = Dendrocolaptes platyrostris
- Drymophila variegata = Drymophila ferruginea
- Galbula ceycoides = Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
- Thamnophilus leachii = Mackenziaena leachii
- maculatus = Hypoedaleus guttatus
- swainsonii = Mackenziaena severa
- vigorsii = Batara cinerea
Not all of his proposed taxa were retained in later taxonomy.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Pacheco, José Fernando; Whitney, Bret M. (1997). "On the Origin of Some Birds Collected by George Such, and the Type Localities of Several Forms" (PDF). The Auk. 114 (2): 303–305. doi:10.2307/4089175. JSTOR 4089175. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2021.
- ↑ A Visual Aviary: George Shaw’s Naturalist Bird Prints – In The Public Domain
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