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10 unusual facts about Anton Reichenow


Black Bishop

E. g. friederichseni Fischer and A. Reichenow, 1884, or Southern Black Bishop, inhabits Kenya and Tanzania around Babati, and sporadically to Lake Manyara and Serengeti National Park; possibly along Southern Uaso Nyiro River.

Crested Guineafowl

G. p. sclateri (Reichenow, 1898) – Sclater's Crested Guineafowl – northwestern Cameroon

Emilie Snethlage

Snethlage was a doctor in Natural Philosophy and had been a zoological assistant at the Berlin Natural History Museum before being hired by Emílio Goeldi for the natural history museum in Belém on the recommendation of Dr. A. Reichenow.

Helmeted Guineafowl

N. m. papillosus (Reichenow, 1894) - Damara Helmeted Guineafowl - southern Angola to Botswana and Namibia

Maria's Bird of Paradise

It was named for the wife of the describer, German ornithologist Anton Reichenow.

Pangani Longclaw

Originally described by German ornithologist Anton Reichenow in 1891, the Pangani Longclaw is a member of the longclaw genus Macronyx.

Plumed Guineafowl

G. p. schubotzi (Reichenow, 1912) - Schubotz's Plumed Guineafowl - northern Zaire to East African Rift and forests west of Lake Tanganyika

Reginald Ernest Moreau

There were no books on the birds of the region until Admiral Hubert Lynes gave him a copy of Anton Reichenow's Vogel Afrikas.

White-collared Starling

The species was first identified by Anton Reichenow and named spreo torquatus, from the Latin for "torquated", referring to the coloration around the neck of the male.

White-headed Buffalo Weaver

boehmi (A. Reichenow, 1885), southern part of its range: Kenya and Tanzania.