Cyanistes teneriffae hedwigii (Dietzen, Garcia-del-Rey, Delgado Castro & Wink, 2007) (1 Viewer)

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Cyanistes teneriffae hedwigii (Dietzen, Garcia-del-Rey, Delgado Castro & Wink, 2007) OD here

Ethymology
We name this clearly characterised and distinct insularsubspecies in honour of Hedwig Sauer-Guerth, who contributed so much to our laboratory work in this and many other studies at the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

African Blue Tit ssp. Cyanistes teneriffae hedwigii Dietzen et al. 2007
Hedwig Sauer-Guerth has been a Technical Assistant at the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, since 1984. She contributed greatly to the laboratory work of the authors' and many other people's studies.

The Key to Scientific Names

Hedwig Sauer-Gürth (fl. 2008) German ornithologist (subsp. Cyanistes teneriffae).

As we can find her on Facebook and LinkedIn it might be easy to get her birth year but I do not have an account on both. She seems as well political active here and is mentioned here indeed as Technical Assistant. As well to find on researchgate here.

 

[Gonçalo Elias]

Hedwig Sauer-Guerth is a woman, shouldn't the subspecies be called Cyanistes teneriffae hedwigae?

 

[l_raty]

Hedwig Sauer-Guerth is a woman, shouldn't the subspecies be called Cyanistes teneriffae hedwigae?

This is contentious at best, IMHO. See, e.g., the discussions at :

• Blue Tits on Canary Islands
• Gentoo Penguin possible future split into 4 species

 

[Gonçalo Elias]

Thanks Laurent, a complex issue indeed.