Anton Reichenow (August 1, 1847 in Charlottenburg - July 6, 1941 in Hamburg) was a German ornithologist.

Reichenow was the son-in-law of Jean Cabanis, and worked at the Humboldt Museum from 1874 to 1921. He was an expert on African birds, making a collecting expedition to West Africa in 1872 and 1873, and writing Die Vögel Afrikas (1900-05). He also wrote Die Vögel der Bismarckinseln (1899). He was editor of the Journal für Ornithologie from 1894 to 1921.

A number of birds are named after him, including Reichenow's Woodpecker and Reichenow's Firefinch. His son Eduard Reichenow was a famous protozoologist.

[edit] References

• Beolens, Bo & Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird?: Men and women commemorated in the common names of birds, Christopher Helm, London.

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