Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
There is quite a few Birds commemorating Verreaux and there is quite a few Messieurs Verreaux involved …
The Verreaux's was French travelers, explorers and collectors, and on top of that; successful Natural history dealers – that, from their shop in Paris, traded with just about every sort of Naturalia and ethnological items (… as well as stuffed Human beings!)
There were at least three brothers and their respective Sons involved working in this their lucrative business; and they were as follows:
● Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807/8?–1873)
● Jean Baptiste Édouard Verreaux (1810–1868)
● Joseph Alexis Verreaux (xxxx –1868?),
… and on top of that some, at least two, different contribuant Sons – but so far I haven´t checked the Sons (and, this far, I don´t know if I ever will have to).
These different Mr. Verreaux's is commemorated, either singularly or combined, either in the Common English names or in the Scientific names of various taxa, as in example the following Birds (there are even more, both birds and others!) – without considering the current or valid taxonomical status:
● Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii LESSON 1831 a k a "Verreauxs' Eagle"
● Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cinnyris/Nectarinia) Cyanomitra veroxii SMITH 1831
● Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus STRICKLAND 1844 a k a " Rosy" Twinspot" or "Verreaux's Twinspot"
● White-tipped Dove (Engyptila) Leptotila verreauxi BONAPARTE 1855 a k a "Verreaux's Dove"
● Verreaux's Batis Batis minima VERREAUX & VERREAUX 1855 a k a "Verreaux’s Puff-back Flycatcher" or "Gabon Batis"
● Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi GRANDIDIER 1867 a k a "Verreaux's Coucal"
● Verreaux's Monal-partridge Tetraophasis obscurus VERREAUX 1869 a k a or "Verreaux's Pheasant-grouse" or "Chestnut-throated Partridge"
● Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi MARIÉ 1870
● Spectacled Fulvetta (Fulvetta) Alcippe ruficapilla VERREAUX 1870 a k a Verreaux's Fulvetta" or "Rufous-headed Fulvetta" alt. "- Tit-babbler"
● Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler Cettia acanthizoides JULES VERREAUX 1871 a k a "Verreaux's Bush Warbler"
● Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis LAUBMANN 1920 a k a Chinese Song Trush or "Mongolian Thrush" alt. "Eastern –" or "Verreaux's Song Trush"
● Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus Fraser 1839 a k a "Verreaux's Turaco" (compare with below; T. m. verreauxii)
And the questioned species (or subspecies):
● Lophornis (chalybeus) verreauxii BOURCIER 1853
● Carpodacus (rhodopeplus) verreauxii DAVID & OUSTALET 1877
● Paradoxornis (nipalensis) verreauxi SHARPE 1883
As well as the (less debated) the sub-species:
● Aviceda cuculoides verreauxii LAFRESNAYE 1846
● Tauraco macrorhynchus verreauxii SCHLEGEL 1854
● Celeus grammicus verreauxii MALHERBE 1858
● Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi BOCAGE 1870
● Caconda Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana verreauxi BOCAGE 1870
● Guttera edouardi/pucherani verreauxi ELLIOT 1870
● Criniger calurus verreauxi SHARPE 1871
And finally some (out of many) synonym's:
● "Vidua verreauxi" CASSIN 1850 = Vidua paradisaea LINNAEUS 1758
● "Bubo verreauxii" BONAPARTE 1850 = Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus TEMMINCK 1820 a k a "Giant Eagle Owl" or "Milky Eagle-owl"
● (Verreauxia HARTLAUB 1856) in (Verreauxia) Sasia africana J VERREAUX & E VERREAUX 1855
Anyone of you guys "out there" know something additional of those Verreaux's?
The Verreaux's was French travelers, explorers and collectors, and on top of that; successful Natural history dealers – that, from their shop in Paris, traded with just about every sort of Naturalia and ethnological items (… as well as stuffed Human beings!)
There were at least three brothers and their respective Sons involved working in this their lucrative business; and they were as follows:
● Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807/8?–1873)
● Jean Baptiste Édouard Verreaux (1810–1868)
● Joseph Alexis Verreaux (xxxx –1868?),
… and on top of that some, at least two, different contribuant Sons – but so far I haven´t checked the Sons (and, this far, I don´t know if I ever will have to).
These different Mr. Verreaux's is commemorated, either singularly or combined, either in the Common English names or in the Scientific names of various taxa, as in example the following Birds (there are even more, both birds and others!) – without considering the current or valid taxonomical status:
● Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii LESSON 1831 a k a "Verreauxs' Eagle"
● Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cinnyris/Nectarinia) Cyanomitra veroxii SMITH 1831
● Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus STRICKLAND 1844 a k a " Rosy" Twinspot" or "Verreaux's Twinspot"
● White-tipped Dove (Engyptila) Leptotila verreauxi BONAPARTE 1855 a k a "Verreaux's Dove"
● Verreaux's Batis Batis minima VERREAUX & VERREAUX 1855 a k a "Verreaux’s Puff-back Flycatcher" or "Gabon Batis"
● Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi GRANDIDIER 1867 a k a "Verreaux's Coucal"
● Verreaux's Monal-partridge Tetraophasis obscurus VERREAUX 1869 a k a or "Verreaux's Pheasant-grouse" or "Chestnut-throated Partridge"
● Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi MARIÉ 1870
● Spectacled Fulvetta (Fulvetta) Alcippe ruficapilla VERREAUX 1870 a k a Verreaux's Fulvetta" or "Rufous-headed Fulvetta" alt. "- Tit-babbler"
● Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler Cettia acanthizoides JULES VERREAUX 1871 a k a "Verreaux's Bush Warbler"
● Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis LAUBMANN 1920 a k a Chinese Song Trush or "Mongolian Thrush" alt. "Eastern –" or "Verreaux's Song Trush"
● Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus Fraser 1839 a k a "Verreaux's Turaco" (compare with below; T. m. verreauxii)
And the questioned species (or subspecies):
● Lophornis (chalybeus) verreauxii BOURCIER 1853
● Carpodacus (rhodopeplus) verreauxii DAVID & OUSTALET 1877
● Paradoxornis (nipalensis) verreauxi SHARPE 1883
As well as the (less debated) the sub-species:
● Aviceda cuculoides verreauxii LAFRESNAYE 1846
● Tauraco macrorhynchus verreauxii SCHLEGEL 1854
● Celeus grammicus verreauxii MALHERBE 1858
● Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi BOCAGE 1870
● Caconda Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana verreauxi BOCAGE 1870
● Guttera edouardi/pucherani verreauxi ELLIOT 1870
● Criniger calurus verreauxi SHARPE 1871
And finally some (out of many) synonym's:
● "Vidua verreauxi" CASSIN 1850 = Vidua paradisaea LINNAEUS 1758
● "Bubo verreauxii" BONAPARTE 1850 = Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus TEMMINCK 1820 a k a "Giant Eagle Owl" or "Milky Eagle-owl"
● (Verreauxia HARTLAUB 1856) in (Verreauxia) Sasia africana J VERREAUX & E VERREAUX 1855
Anyone of you guys "out there" know something additional of those Verreaux's?
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