Charles Payraudeau (1798–1865) was a
French
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zoologist
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Benjamin Charles Marie Payraudeau studied with
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
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(1744–1829) at
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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. He compiled
fauna
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l lists for
Corsica
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between 1824 and 1825. On this expedition he discovered
Audouin's gull
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and a (now) subspecies ''desmarestii'', of the
European shag
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. He described them in ''Deux espèces nouvelles d'oiseaux, appartenant aux genres Mouette et Cormoran'' published in "''Revue Annales de Sciences Naturelles''" (Paris, 1826, tome 8, p. 460-465). He also wrote "''Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annélides et des mollusques de l'île de Corse''" (1826).
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Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'ile de Corse He is credited with providing descriptions for 71 new species of marine and terrestrial mollusks (32 of which are considered valid species today).[Musée ornithologique Charles Payraudeau]
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His entire ornithological collection is conserved as a museum in the Mairie
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of La Chaize-le-Vicomte
La Chaize-le-Vicomte () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
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The river Yon forms part of the commune's northern border.
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in Vendée
Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442. . It is named for him as ''Musée ornithologique Charles-Payraudeau''.[
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References
French zoologists
French ornithologists
1798 births
1865 deaths
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