Charles de Souancé (2 May 1823 – 23 January 1896) was a

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

and a

purser A purser is the person on a ship principally responsible for the handling of money on board. On modern merchant ships, the purser is the officer responsible for all administration (including the ship's cargo and passenger manifests) and supply. ...

in the

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

, more precisely "Commissaire de la Marine". He made many studies on the

ornithological Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

collection of his uncle François Victor Masséna and described several new species of

parrots Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genus (biology), genera comprising the order (biology), order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropics, tropical and subtropics, subtropical regions. The order ...

(Psittacidae) in the scientific journal ''Revue et Magazin de Zoologie''. A subspecies of the

maroon-tailed parakeet The maroon-tailed parakeet (''Pyrrhura melanura'') is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics T ...

, ''Pyrrhura melanura souancei'', is named for him.

Published works

* ''Description de quelques nouvelles espèces d'oiseaux de la famille des psittacidés'', with François Victor Masséna, 1854 – Description of some new species of birds within the family

Psittacidae The family Psittacidae or holotropical parrots is one of three families of true parrots. It comprises the roughly 10 species of subfamily Psittacinae (the Old World or Afrotropical parrots) and 157 of subfamily Arinae (the New World or Neotropic ...

. * ''Iconographie des perroquets, non figurés dans les publications de Levaillant et de M. Bourjot Saint-Hilaire'', in collaboration with

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 ...

and

Émile Blanchard Charles Émile Blanchard (6 March 1819 – 11 February 1900) was a French zoologist and entomologist. Career Blanchard was born in Paris. His father was an artist and naturalist and Émile began natural history very early in life. When he w ...

, Paris : P. Bertrand, 1857.WorldCat Search
publications

References

*Beolens, Bo; & Watkins, Charles. (2003). ''Whose Bird? Common Bird Names and the People they Commemorate''. Yale University Press: New Haven, Connecticut. French ornithologists 1823 births 1896 deaths {{Ornithologist-stub