Professor Negret's Wood wren (1 Viewer)

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Simply by following Melanie's posts (from back in March of 2021) regarding her missing/lost Obituary after (my fellow countryman) Kjell von Sneidern (here, and Diego Calderon's reply, quickly solving the problem, in post #19 ), I also, on top of that, found yet another Obituary, this time after Professor Negret, commemorated in ...

negreti as in:
• the Munchique Wood Wren Henicorhina negreti SALAMAN, COOPMANS, DONEGAN, et al. 2003 (OD here, alt. here):

ETYMOLOGY
The species name honors the late Alvaro José Negret (1949-1998). Alvaro’s sudden death on 18 July 1998 robbed Colombia of one of its finest naturalists and conservationists. As a young boy, Alvaro collected birds for the Natural History Museum of Cauca University (MHNUC) under the direction of Carlos Lehmann and Kjell von Sneidern. Following in their footsteps, Alvaro became a professor at Cauca University and then director of MHNUC until his untimely death. He helped maintain and improve a substantial natural history collection with an emphasis on ornithology and environmental education. Alvaro was active in biological research and conservation, particularly in western Cauca and personally protected and managed Tambito Nature Reserve, which boasts over 330 species of birds, including five Threatened species (see below). Above all an avid ornithologist, Alvaro compiled the avifaunal list of Munchique NP and was completing the manuscript of “Aves Colombianas Amenazadas de Extinción” at the time of his death. His passing was a great loss for conservation and ornithology in Colombia, at a time when his mighty energy and ability were most needed. The English and Spanish names refer to Munchique National Park, which, together with the adjacent Tambito Nature Reserve, is the only region in which the new species has been recorded to date.

Which (of course, pretty self-evident – who wouldn't trust it!?!) resulted in the following entry in the Key (of today):

negreti
Prof. Alvaro José Negret Fernandez (1949-1998) Colombian naturalist, ornithologist, Director of Natural History Mus. of Cauca University 1983-1998 (Henicorhina; this combination was the first bird taxon described (2003) in an internet publication).

But ... (and now I might be sticking my neck out) a better version could possibly be:

Álvaro José Negret Fernández (1952–1998), Colombian naturalist, ornithologist, conservationist, collector of Birds for MHNUC (Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad del Cauca) ... and onwards.

Born in Popayán, 14th of August 1952 ... died 19th of July 1998.

Or?

However, this is based only on what's told in this (single) Obituary, published 2005, in Revista Novedades Colombianas 8 (No.1), written (in Spanish) by his presumed successor, Santiago Ayerbe Gonzalez, "Director del Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad del Cauca".

Thus, take it for what it's worth. It's just an observation ...

If anyone have better information, just ignore this post.

As you know my Spanish isn't the best ...

Björn

 

[l_raty]

Which (of course, pretty self-evident – who wouldn't trust it!?!) resulted in the following entry in the Key (of today):

negreti
Prof. Alvaro José Negret Fernandez (1949-1998) Colombian naturalist, ornithologist, Director of Natural History Mus. of Cauca University 1983-1998 (Henicorhina; this combination was the first bird taxon described (2003) in an internet publication).

...which was done under an interpretation of the Code that was subsequently made invalid. In practice, this work is unpublished, and the taxon is probably unnamed.

Article 8. What constitutes published work | International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

code.iczn.org

8.5. Works issued and distributed electronically
To be considered published, a work issued and distributed electronically must
8.5.1. have been issued after 2011,