Jules Bourcier
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Jules Bourcier (20 February 1797, Cuisery – 9 March 1873, Batignolles) was a French naturalist.[1]
Career overview
Bourcier was an expert on hummingbirds, and named a number of new species, either alone or with other ornithologists; such as Adolphe Delattre and Martial Etienne Mulsant. The following hummingbird species bear his name:
- Colibri de Bourcier (Polyonymus caroli), described by Bourcier in 1847.
- Phaethornis bourcieri, described by René Primevère Lesson in 1832.[1]
Bourcier was the French consul to Ecuador from 1849 to 1850. In 1857 he became a corresponding member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon.[1]
Major publications
- Descriptions de nouvelles espèces d'oiseaux-mouches, 1839 (with Martial Étienne Mulsant & Jules Verreaux).
- Collection typique d'oiseaux mouches (Trochilidés), 1874 (posthumous).[2]
References
- Beolens, Bo & Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird?: Men and women commemorated in the common names of birds, Christopher Helm, London.
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