Friedrich von Lucanus full name Friedrich Karl Hermann von Lucanus (20 June 1869,
Berlin
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- 18 February 1947,
Buschow) was a German professional soldier (
Oberstleutnant
() is a senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Lieutenant colonel. It is currently used by both the ground and air forces of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Norway. The Swedis ...
a.D.; Dr.h.c.))
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 ...
,
ethologist
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and author of popular scientific animal books.
*''Das Leben der Vögel''. A. Scherl, Berlin, 1925
*''Tier und Jagd''. Berlin, 1926
*''Im Zauber des Tierlebens''. Volksverband der Bücherfreunde, Wegweiser-Verlag, Berlin, 1926
*''Naturdenkmäler aus der deutschen Vogelwelt''. H. Bermühler, Berlin-Lichterfelde, 1927
*''Die Rätsel des Vogelzuges''. (1. Aufl. 1922.) 3., verm u. verb. Aufl., H. Beyer & Söhne, Langensalza, 1929
*''Zugvögel und Vogelzug''. Julius Springer, Berlin, 1929
*''Deutschlands Vogelwelt''. Parey, Berlin, 1937
He was President of the
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from 1921 to 1926 and a Corresponding
Fellow of the
American Ornithologists' Union
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German ornithologists