Johann Andreas Naumann
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Johann Andreas Naumann (1744–1826) was a German
farmer and an amateur naturalist
. He was the father of Johann Friedrich Naumann
.
Naumann wrote an important book on the bird
s of Germany, Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands (1804).
His name has been commemorated in the Latin names of the following bird species:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
farmer and an amateur naturalist
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
. He was the father of Johann Friedrich Naumann
Johann Friedrich Naumann
Johann Friedrich Naumann was a German scientist and editor.Naumann is regarded as the founder of scientific ornithology in Europe...
.
Naumann wrote an important book on the bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s of Germany, Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands (1804).
His name has been commemorated in the Latin names of the following bird species:
- Lesser KestrelLesser KestrelThe Lesser Kestrel is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across southern central Asia to China and Mongolia. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan and sometimes even to India and Iraq. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European...
, Falco naumanni - Naumann's ThrushNaumann's ThrushNaumann's Thrush, Turdus naumanni, is a member of the thrush family Turdidae which breeds eastwards from central Siberia. It is closely related to the more northerly breeding Dusky Thrush T...
, Turdus naumanni
External links
- Images from a 1905 edition of Naturgeschichte