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    Johann Matthäus Bechstein (11 July 1757 – 23 February 1822) was a German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist. In Great...
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  • Edwin Bechstein (1859-1934), German piano manufacturer and son of Carl Helene Bechstein (1876–1951), German socialite and businesswoman Johann Matthäus Bechstein...
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    first nine years. His situation improved only when his uncle Johann Matthäus Bechstein, a renowned naturalist and forester living in Meiningen in the...
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    Saxicola (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    small shrubs. The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The type species was subsequently designated as the European...
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    genus Saxicola , which was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The Madagascar stonechat has generally been considered...
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    White-backed woodpecker (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    white-backed woodpecker was described by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802 under the binomial name Picus leucotos. The specific epithet...
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    Barnacle goose (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    lineage. The barnacle goose was first classified taxonomically by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1803. Branta is a Latinised form of Old Norse Brandgás, "burnt...
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    had originally been introduced in 1802 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein. The genus contains four species: "Fringillidae". aviansystematics...
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    Black vulture (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    the system of binomial nomenclature. The German ornithologist Johann Matthäus Bechstein formally described the species using the same name in 1793 in...
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    Fork-tailed drongo (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    least-concern species. The fork-tailed drongo was described by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1794. Its populations are genetically distinct, and four races...
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    genus Linaria that had been introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The genus name linaria is the Latin for a linen-weaver...
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    Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius 1800-1809 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43961 Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte Deutschlands nach allen drey Reichen...
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    Cuban macaw (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    In 1811, the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein scientifically named the species Psittacus tricolor. Bechstein's description was based on the bird's...
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    the genus Saxicola that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The closest relative of this species are apparently not...
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    the genus Curruca that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. This species may appear to be closely related to the...
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    Long-billed curlew (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    Scolopacidae Genus: Numenius Species: N. americanus Binomial name Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812 Range of N. americanus Synonyms Numenius longirostra(is)...
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    Curruca (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    Sylvia. The genus Curruca was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The type species (by tautonomy) is the lesser whitethroat...
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    genus Anthus that was introduced in 1805 by German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein. The species is monotypic; no subspecies are recognised. The generic...
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    Chipping sparrow (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    Passeriformes Family: Passerellidae Genus: Spizella Species: S. passerina Binomial name Spizella passerina (Bechstein, 1798) Synonyms Spizella socialis...
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    Great green macaw (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    ambiguus by the Thuringian Johann Matthäus Bechstein in the first tome of the fourth volume, published in 1811, of the series Johann Latham's Allgemeine Uebersicht...
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    Wood warbler (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    Phylloscopus Species: P. sibilatrix Binomial name Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechstein, 1793) Range of P. sibilatrix   Breeding   Passage   Non-breeding   Vagrant...
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    bluebird was formally described in 1798 by the German ornithologist Johann Matthäus Bechstein and given the name Motacilla s. Sylvia currucoides. The specific...
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    genus Anthus that was introduced in 1805 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein. Two subspecies are recognised: A. t. trivialis (Linnaeus, 1758)...
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    Pipit (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    The genus Anthus was introduced in 1805 by German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein. The type species was later designated as the meadow pipit. The...
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    Marsh warbler (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    warbler was formally described in 1798 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein under the scientific name Motacilla s. Sylvia palustris. The type...
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    Mute swan (category Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin)
    named by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin as Anas olor in 1789 and was transferred by Johann Matthäus Bechstein to the new genus Cygnus in 1803...
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    solitarius by Robert Kerr in 1792 C. f. fulvus and C. f. variegatus by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1801 C. f. galliae by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1803...
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    hoopoe was formally described in 1811 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein under the present binomial name Upupa africana. It is now sometimes...
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    the genus Saxicola that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The English name derives from its call, sounding like...
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    Upland sandpiper (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    Scolopacidae Genus: Bartramia Species: B. longicauda Binomial name Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) Synonyms Tringa longicauda Bechstein, 1812...
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