Pierre Sonnerat (18 August 1748 – 31 March 1814) was a French naturalist, colonial administrator, writer and explorer. He described numerous species of...
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Grey junglefowl (redirect from Sonnerat's Junglefowl)
junglefowls. The species epithet commemorates the French explorer Pierre Sonnerat. Local names include Komri in Rajasthan, Geera kur or Parda komri in...
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family, Sapindaceae. It was described and named by French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in his account "Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine, fait depuis...
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popularity as a garden plant. The plant Kalanchoe pinnata was harvested by Pierre Sonnerat in Isle de France (Mauritius) and communicated to Lamarck who described...
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Poivre (1773 - 1814) He was an uncle to the renowned French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814). Honors The Poivre Islands coral atoll is named in his...
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Sonnerat's shrew (Diplomesodon sonnerati or Crocidura sonnerati) is a species of shrew that was first described by Pierre Sonnerat from Pondicherry somewhere...
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account including new descriptions of the birds and mammals collected by Pierre Sonnerat on his voyages. London: C. J. Clay. pp. 7–18. BirdLife International...
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account including new descriptions of the birds and mammals collected by Pierre Sonnerat on his voyages. London: C. J. Clay. pp. 7–18. Del Hoyo, J.; Collar...
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described in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in his book Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine. Sonnerat mentioned that the bird was found on...
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scientific names for birds and mammals in northwestern Italy described by Pierre Sonnerat in the accounts of his voyages. Scopoli corresponded with Carl Linnaeus...
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in his tenure was Mr. Pierre Sonnerat, Chief of Yanam, was involved in the business along with other traders. Pierre Sonnerat's commercial involvement...
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have four to five petals that are white in color and are fragrant. Pierre Sonnerat (1748–1814) collected specimens of it in 1771–72, and it appears in...
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had been described and illustrated in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in his book Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine. The type locality...
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error to a "possibly fraudulent claim" in 1776 by French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat, who also alleged a Papuan location for the king penguin despite never...
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Gray coined the family name Daubentoniidae. The French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat was the first to use the vernacular name "aye-aye" in 1782 when he...
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depicted in the plate had been acquired in 1772 by French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat when it had been gifted to him on the small island of Gebe. The island...
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indry [ˈiɳɖʐʲ], meaning "there" or "there it is". French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat, who first described the animal, supposedly heard a Malagasy point...
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comment on lemurs was Philibert Commerçon in 1771, although it was Pierre Sonnerat who recorded a greater variety of lemur species during his travels...
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Pondichéry" that had been described in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in his Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine. The grey francolin...
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century Flag of the Sulu Sultanate Flag of Sulu Sultanate according to Pierre Sonnerat 1807 Flags of the Basi Revolt 1845–1898 Provincial ensign of the province...
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explorer Pierre Sonnerat in his Voyage à la nouvelle Guinée, which was published in 1776. He claimed to have seen the bird in New Guinea. In fact Sonnerat never...
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de Gingi" that had been described in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in his Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine. The rain quail is...
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derived from Gingee in southern India from where the French explorer Pierre Sonnerat described it as Le Vautour de Gingi and it was given a Latin name by...
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reporting a distinct species from the Philippines based on the writings of Pierre Sonnerat in his Voyage à la Nouvelle-Guinée. There is no other evidence this...
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des Indes" that had been described in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat. The forest wagtail is now the only species placed in the genus Dendronanthus...
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Malabar" that had been described in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in his book Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine. The chestnut-tailed...
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to botanize there and on Madagascar, an island that fascinated him. Pierre Sonnerat, who would also become a renowned botanist, was his personal secretary...
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in Sulu by the Chinese. Flag of the Sultanate of Sulu according to Pierre Sonnerat Merchant flag of the Chinese community in the Sultanate of Sulu A war...
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French trade at Yanam was considerable at that time. After Bluter, Mr. Pierre Sonnerat became chief in 1790 in Yanam. He was a scholar and writer. He had...
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account including new descriptions of the birds and mammals collected by Pierre Sonnerat on his voyages. "Ruspolia nitidula Scopoli, 1786". Global Biodiversity...
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