Frédéric de Lafresnaye

Baron Nöel Frédéric Armand André de Lafresnaye (24 July 1783 – 14 July 1861) was a French ornithologist and collector.

Nöel Frédéric Armand André de Lafresnaye (1783-1861)

Lafresnaye was born into an aristocratic family at Chateau de La Fresnaye in Falaise, Normandy. He took an early interest in natural history, particularly entomology. It was only after acquiring a collection of European birds that he turned his attention to ornithology.

Lafresnaye described a number of new bird species, some with Alcide d'Orbigny. He accumulated a collection of over 8,000 bird skins at his home. After his death the collection was purchased by the American collector Henry Bryant and donated to the Boston Natural History Society.[1] It was transferred to the Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1914.

Lafresnaye's piculet,[2] Lafresnaye's woodcreeper and Lafresnaye's vanga are avian species that bear his name.

Selected works
  • Contributions à l'ornithologie, 1832 - Contributions to ornithology.
  • Catalogue des oiseaux de la collection de feu Mr. le bon. de Lafresnaye de Falaise, 1833 - Catalog of birds from the collection of Lafresnaye.
  • Essai d'une nouvelle manière de grouper les genres et les espèces de l'ordre des passereaux (Passeres L.) d'après leurs rapports de moeurs et d'habitation, 1838 - Essay on a new method of grouping the genera and species of the order Passeriformes, etc.[3]
  • Monographie du genre Dendrocolaptes, 1849 - Monograph on the genus Dendrocolaptes.
  • Sur quelques espèces d'oiseaux nouveaux ou peu connus du Chili et de la Colombie, 1855 - On some new, little known avian species of Chile and Colombia.[4]

References
  1. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins Biography of Dr. Henry Bryant
  2. Glossário Brasileiro de Birdwatching (inglês-português-inglês) By Fernando Costa Straube
  3. OCLC Classify (published works)
  4. WorldCat Search (publications)


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