Re: Proper Good Old Bird Names
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 10:23 pm
Hmmmm? Seems I've put the feline amongst the Columba livia there RP? Is that your real name by the way? -O -O -O -O
Sprocky, good example, I'll try to explain so bear with me here please.
Verreaux's Eagle
Aquila verreauxii
Other common name: (African) Black Eagle
First described by Lesson in 1830 from a specimen taken in the interior of the Cape of Good Hope. ( Central Cape Province).
Monotypic.
Named after Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807 - 1873).
The famous French Explorer/naturalist, Pierre Antoine Delalande, had an expedition to Southern Africa, arriving at the Cape in November 1818. He was accompanied by his 11 year old nephew, Jules Pierre Vereaux. Their first foray into the interior was thwarted by an advancing Xhosa army. On their second foray, they came accross a dead Hippopotamus, whose skeleton was the first ever to reach the Paris museum. They reached as far as tha O;iphants river on this trip.
Their third expedition set off from Algoa bay, which they reached by sea from the Cape, from here they forayed as far inland as the Keiskanna River. On returning to Algoa Bay, Verreaux assisted in sorting out the specimens collected during their journey and this time taught him the skills of taxidermy, which were utilised throughout his career.
Together, they brought back 131,405 specimens. After five years study back in Europe, Verreaux returned to the Cape to collect more specimens. He also spent a year in charge of the Cape Museum whilst the curator was on an expedition to Namaqualand. During this period, Verreaux still found time to collect specimens, and after returning to Paris, one of the specimens was bought by an amateur ornithologist, who loaned it to Rene Primrvere Lesson, who made uso of it in his Centurie Zoologique (1830). Lesson named the bird after Verreaux, Voyageur naturaliste.
Verreaux returned to the Cape in 1834 to collect further specimens and also sailed to Austrailia and Tasmania. He spent his lifetime in the collection and sorting of museum specimens and ended his carrer at the Museum of Paris.
He died on the 7th September 1873.
I think he deserves having an eagle named after him somehow? It was after all, Newman & Roberts that maybe got the name wrong?
:lol:
Edit, sorry RP, missed your post in between, same applies for that big owl though. -O
Sprocky, good example, I'll try to explain so bear with me here please.
Verreaux's Eagle
Aquila verreauxii
Other common name: (African) Black Eagle
First described by Lesson in 1830 from a specimen taken in the interior of the Cape of Good Hope. ( Central Cape Province).
Monotypic.
Named after Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807 - 1873).
The famous French Explorer/naturalist, Pierre Antoine Delalande, had an expedition to Southern Africa, arriving at the Cape in November 1818. He was accompanied by his 11 year old nephew, Jules Pierre Vereaux. Their first foray into the interior was thwarted by an advancing Xhosa army. On their second foray, they came accross a dead Hippopotamus, whose skeleton was the first ever to reach the Paris museum. They reached as far as tha O;iphants river on this trip.
Their third expedition set off from Algoa bay, which they reached by sea from the Cape, from here they forayed as far inland as the Keiskanna River. On returning to Algoa Bay, Verreaux assisted in sorting out the specimens collected during their journey and this time taught him the skills of taxidermy, which were utilised throughout his career.
Together, they brought back 131,405 specimens. After five years study back in Europe, Verreaux returned to the Cape to collect more specimens. He also spent a year in charge of the Cape Museum whilst the curator was on an expedition to Namaqualand. During this period, Verreaux still found time to collect specimens, and after returning to Paris, one of the specimens was bought by an amateur ornithologist, who loaned it to Rene Primrvere Lesson, who made uso of it in his Centurie Zoologique (1830). Lesson named the bird after Verreaux, Voyageur naturaliste.
Verreaux returned to the Cape in 1834 to collect further specimens and also sailed to Austrailia and Tasmania. He spent his lifetime in the collection and sorting of museum specimens and ended his carrer at the Museum of Paris.
He died on the 7th September 1873.
I think he deserves having an eagle named after him somehow? It was after all, Newman & Roberts that maybe got the name wrong?
:lol:
Edit, sorry RP, missed your post in between, same applies for that big owl though. -O
