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August von Pelzeln (10 May 1825, Prague - September 2, 1891) was an Austrian ornithologist. He was a grandson to novelist Karoline Pichler (1769-1843).〔( Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). ) Band 7. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2, S. 401 f〕 He studied at the University of Vienna, later working as an assistant under helminthologist Karl Moriz Diesing (1800-1867) in the ''Hof-Naturalien-Cabinet'' (from 1851). In 1857 he acquired curatorial duties formerly held by Johann Jakob Heckel (1790-1857),〔 and subsequently became in charge of the bird (1857) and mammal (1869) collections.〔(Annalen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums ) Jahresbericht für 1888〕 He worked on the birds collected by Johann Natterer in Brazil (343 species). He was forced to retire from the museum due to ill health, and died at Oberdöbling near Vienna. Some birds described by Pelzeln are red-eyed thornbird, spot-winged antbird, red-legged tinamou, short-billed leaftosser, yellow-margined flatbill and the New Zealand rockwren. His name is associated with Pelzeln's tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus inornatus'').〔(Google Books ) The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson〕 Gustav Hartlaub (1814-1900) named the Madagascar grebe (''Tachybaptus pelzelnii'') in his honor;〔(AviBase ) Tachybaptus pelzelnii〕 Otto Finsch (1839-1917) named the Pohnpei starling (''Aplonis pelzelni'') after Pelzeln.〔(Pohnpei Starling - Pictures and facts )〕 ==Works== * ''Bemerkungen gegen Darwin's Theorie vom Ursprung der Spezies''. Vienna: A. Pichler Witwe & Sohn (1861). * ''Zur Ornithologie Brasiliens, Resultate von Johann Natterers Reisen in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835'', Johann Natterer, Wien, A. Pichler's Witwe & Sohn (1868- 1870 3 volumes). (BHL ) * ''Beiträge zur Ornithologie Südafrikas'' (1882) - Contributions to the ornithology of southern Africa. * Many papers in "Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien" (usually abbreviated Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「August von Pelzeln」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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