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Name
  
Carl Hunstein

Died
  
March 13, 1888

Carl Hunstein (1843 — March 13, 1888) was a German ornithologist and plant collector.

Hunstein was born in Homberg, Germany. He emigrated to America, then relocated to New Zealand. From 1885 until his death, he was employed by the German New Guinea Company.

He was a successful discoverer of new species of birds-of-paradise, such as the:

  • Brown sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri Finsch), named in honor of Adolf Bernard Meyer.
  • Stephanie's astrapia (Astrapia stephaniae Finsch & A.B. Meyer), named in honor of Princess Stephanie of Belgium.
  • Blue bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi Finsch), named in honor of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria.
  • Emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi Cabanis).

    • Hunstein lost his life when a tidal wave, caused by an submarine volcano, hit the coast of New Britain of the Bismarck Archipelago.

    He is commemorated in New Guinea by the Hunstein Mountains and the Hunstein Forest, and in plants and animals including the Hunstein's mannikin (Lonchura hunsteini), Cyathea hunsteiniana and Araucaria hunsteinii.

    References

    Carl Hunstein Wikipedia
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