Heinrich Agathon Bernstein

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Heinrich Agathon Bernstein (22 September 1828 – 1865) was a German zoologist from Breslau (Wrocław).

In 1859 Hermann Schlegel sent Bernstein to collect birds in New Guinea.

Bernstein is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini and the Lesser Black Coucal Centropus bernsteini.

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