Karl Heineken

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Karl Heineken (died 4 January 1830), also known as Carlos Heineken, was a German medical doctor and ornithologist. He lived on Madeira, a Portuguese island in Macaronesia, from 1826 until his death. He described the Trocaz Pigeon, a Madeiran endemic bird species.^[1]^[2] He is commemorated in the scientific name of a subspecies of Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla heineken.

References

↑ Zoonomen
↑ Humboldt Project: letters from Heineken to Webb

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Name	Heineken, Karl
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Short description	German medical doctor and ornithologist
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Date of death	4 January 1830
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