Ledeboer's Hardhead/White-eyed Duck (1 Viewer)

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Here's a quick look at the Scientific name...

ledeboeri as in:
• the debated (either valid, or invalid) Hardhead, alt. White-eyed Duck ssp. Aythya australis ledeboeri BARTELS (Jr.) & FRANCK 1938 (here), as "Nyroca australis ledeboeri":

... Ein altes Männchen dieser Ente wurde 1937 von Herrn A. J. M. LEDEBOER dem Zoologischen Museum in Buitenzorg geschenkt. ...
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Herr LEDEBOER machte dem Museum inzwischen 2 weitere Exemplare zum Geschenk. ...
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Wir haben diese neue Subspezies zu Ehren des freundlichen Gebers benannt zugleich in Anerkennung dessen von so schönem Erfolg gekrönten naturschutzerischen Bestrebungen auf dem Hiang-Plateau. ...

In today's Key explained as:

ledeboeri
Adriaan Johan Marie Ledeboer (d. 1944) Dutch coffee plantation manager on Java, conservationist (syn. Aythya australis).

... which I think (?) might, or could be expanded into this: Adriaan Johan Marie Ledeboer (1877–1945).

Also see this Ancestry page:

Adriaan Johan Marie Ledeboer
Birth 11 SEP 1877 - Borne
Death 19 MAR 1945 - in interneringskamp Tjimahi, Preanger ,Indonesi
Mother Anna Willemina van Meerten [1840–1933]
Father Johan Marie Ledeboer [1841–1917]

Apparently, he passed away on the 19th of March 1945 ... in a Prison Camp (No.5), at Tjimahi, Preanger/Baros (in today's Indonesia).

However, he's not to be confused with this (alt. this) 10-year-old kid, and namesake (who died in 1835).

Also compare with an even earlier: Adriaan Jacob Marie Ledeboer (1836–1909), here (who'd died many years prior to the discovery of this taxon).

Hopefully of some help/use?

Björn

PS. This Bird/name was (also) recently mentioned by 'vinividivici' here.

 

[PScofield]

Confusion here amoungst family trees between Borne, Overijssel and Borneo (and even Borno, Nigeria) as his place of birth. Adriaan and his siblings were born in Borne, Overijssel.