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Puna Tapaculo
The puna tapaculo (''Scytalopus simonsi'') is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics What is now known as the puna tapaculo was originally described as a species in 1917. It was later treated as synonymous with Tschudi's tapaculo (''Scytalopus acutirostris'').Zimmer, J.T. (1939). Studies of Peruvian birds 32. The genus ''Scytalopus''. Amer. Mus. Novit.. 1044: 1-18 Still later it was treated as ''Scytalopus magellanicus simonsi'', a subspecies of Magellanic tapaculo. Following a study published in 1997, it was elevated to species rank because of differences in their vocalizations.Krabbe, N., and T.S. Schulenberg. 1997. Species limits and natural history of ''Scytalopus'' tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), with descriptions of the Ecuadorian taxa, including three new species. Pages 47-88 in J. V. Remsen, Jr. (editor), Studies in neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker. Ornithological Monographs number 48. American Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Chubb (ornithologist)
Charles Chubb (31 December 1851 – 25 June 1924) was a British ornithologist. Family Chubb was born in Steeple Langford near Salisbury, England. He married twice, to Ada Albion and Alice Mabel Baker. He had seven children, among them Ernest Charles Chubb who also became an ornithologist and was a museum curator in Durban. In 1924, Chubb was knocked down by a car outside the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum, London, and died two weeks later in that city. Career Chubb began working at the British Museum at the age of 26. Among the birds he described are Cobb's wren and the tinamou genus ''Crypturellus''. Works * The Birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell' (2 volumes, 1916 and 1921) * The Birds of South America' (1912, with Lord Brabourne) External links * 1851 births 1924 deaths People from Wiltshire Road incident deaths in London Employees of the British Museum British ornithologists {{ornitho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |