Lionel William Wiglesworth

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Lionel William Wiglesworth (February 13, 1865 – June 7, 1901) was an ornithologist who studied birds of Southeast Asia and Polynesia.[1] Wiglesworth published The Birds of Celebes and the Neighboring Islands in 1898 with Adolf Bernhard Meyer.[2] Together, they described several new bird species, including the dark-eared myza (Myza celebensis)[3] and the Banggai fruit dove (Ptilinopus subgularis).[4]

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  1. ^ "XLIX.-Obituary". Ibis. 43 (4): 748–752. 2008-04-03. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1901.tb00493.x.
  2. ^ "Wiglesworth, Lionel W. (Lionel William) (1865-1901) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  3. ^ "Myza celebensis (Dark-eared Myza) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  4. ^ "Ptilinopus subgularis (Banggai Fruit-Dove) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2019-02-13.


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