Johann Andreas Naumann

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Johann Andreas Naumann (1744 - 1826) was a German farmer and an amateur naturalist. He was the father of Johann Friedrich Naumann.

Naumann wrote an important book on the birds of Germany, Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands (1804).

His name has been commemorated in the Latin names of the following bird species:

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  • Images from a 1905 edition of Naturgeschichte
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