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Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel
The wedge-rumped storm petrel (''Hydrobates tethys'') is a storm petrel. It breeds in the Galápagos Islands and on the coast of Peru. It was formerly defined in the genus ''Oceanodroma'' before that genus was synonymized with ''Northern storm petrel, Hydrobates''. References External links Wedge-rumped storm-petrel [''Oceanodroma tethys'' /nowiki>] - photos, Christopher Taylor Nature Photography Hydrobatidae, wedge-rumped storm petrel Birds of the Americas Birds of the Pacific Ocean Birds described in 1852, wedge-rumped storm petrel Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, wedge-rumped storm petrel {{Procellariiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), was a French naturalist and ornithologist. Lucien and his wife had twelve children, including Cardinal Lucien Bonaparte. Life and career Bonaparte was the son of Lucien Bonaparte and Alexandrine de Bleschamp. Lucien was a younger brother of Napoleon I, making Charles the emperor’s nephew. Born in Paris, he was raised in Italy. On 29 June 1822, he married his cousin, Zénaïde, in Brussels. Soon after the marriage, the couple left for Philadelphia in the United States to live with Zénaïde's father, Joseph Bonaparte (who was also the paternal uncle of Charles). Before leaving Italy, Charles had already discovered a warbler new to science, the moustached warbler, and on the voyage he collected specimens of a new storm-petrel. On arrival in the United States, he presented a paper on this new bird, which was later named after Alexander Wilson. Bonaparte then set about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |