John Whitehead (explorer)

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John Whitehead (June 30, 1860 - June 2, 1899) was an English explorer and naturalist.

Whitehead travelled in Borneo between 1885 and 1888, where he collected a number of zoological specimens new to science, including Whitehead's Broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi). On his return he wrote The Explorations of Mount Kina-Balu (1893). Between 1893 and 1896 he explored in the Philippines, again collecting many new species, including the Philippine Eagle, the binomial name of which commemorates Whitehead's father Jeffrey.

Whitehead intended to return to the Philippines in 1899, but was he was forced to alter his plans by the Spanish-American War. He instead travelled to the island of Hainan, where he died of fever.

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• Biographies for Birdwatchers, Barbara & Richard Mearns ISBN 0-12-487422-3