- Charles de Souancé
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Charles de Souancé (1823–1896) was a French ornithologist and a purser in the French Navy, more precisely "Commissaire de la Marine". He made many studies on the ornithological collection of his uncle François Victor Masséna and described several new species of parrots (Psittacidae) in the scientific journal Revue et Magazin de Zoologie.
A subspecies of the Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura souancei is named for him.
References
Beolens, Bo; & Watkins, Charles. (2003). Whose Bird? Common Bird Names and the people they Commemorate. Yale University Press: New Haven, Connecticut.
Categories:- French ornithologists
- 1823 births
- 1896 deaths
- Ornithologist stubs
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