Justin Goudot
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Justin Goudot was a French
explorer, and naturalist
collector.
Goudot, born in the Jura , lived in Bogata. He was attached to Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
in Paris as a collector naturalist. He explored in New Granada
, South America
from 1822 until 1842 having been, from 1822 one of those Frenchmen charged by the New Granada government with founding scientific institutions.
From 1828 Goudot began collecting bird skins for the Paris museum which held what was then world’s largest bird collection . He also collected mammals, reptiles molluscs, insects, other invertebrates and botanical material.
The Shining-green Hummingbird
was named in his honour by Jules Bourcier
and René-Primevère Lesson
named the Sickle-winged Guan
for him.
Diptera
collected by Goudot were described by Justin Pierre Marie Macquart
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
explorer, and naturalist
Naturalist
Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...
collector.
Goudot, born in the Jura , lived in Bogata. He was attached to Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...
in Paris as a collector naturalist. He explored in New Granada
New Granada
New Granada may refer to various former national denominations for the present-day country of Colombia.*New Kingdom of Granada, from 1538 to 1717*Viceroyalty of New Granada, from 1717 to 1810, re-established from 1816 to 1819...
, South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
from 1822 until 1842 having been, from 1822 one of those Frenchmen charged by the New Granada government with founding scientific institutions.
From 1828 Goudot began collecting bird skins for the Paris museum which held what was then world’s largest bird collection . He also collected mammals, reptiles molluscs, insects, other invertebrates and botanical material.
The Shining-green Hummingbird
Shining-green Hummingbird
The Shining-Green Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
was named in his honour by Jules Bourcier
Jules Bourcier
Jules Bourcier was a French naturalist.Bourcier was an expert on hummingbirds, and named a number of new species, either alone or with other ornithologists such as Adolphe Delattre and Martial Etienne Mulsant....
and René-Primevère Lesson
René-Primevère Lesson
René Primevère Lesson was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist.Lesson was born at Rochefort, and at the age of sixteen he entered the Naval Medical School there...
named the Sickle-winged Guan
Sickle-winged Guan
The Sickle-winged Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests...
for him.
Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
collected by Goudot were described by Justin Pierre Marie Macquart
Justin Pierre Marie Macquart
Justin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
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External links
- PDF Account of Justin Goudot.T.S. Palmer in AukThe AukThe Auk is a quarterly journal and the official publication of the American Ornithologists' Union, having been continuously published by that body since 1884. The journal contains articles relating scientific studies of the anatomy, behavior, and distribution of birds. The journal is named for the...
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