Louis Marie Pantaleon Costa

Louis Marie Pantaleon Costa

Louie Marie Panteleon Costa, Marquis de Beau-Regard (1806-1864) was a French statesman, archaeologist, historian and ornithologist.

Costa was a member of the Savoyard nobility and a diplomat in Sardinia, friend and aide to Charles Albert of Sardinia.[1] As an ornithologist he was an avid collector, especially of hummingbirds. Costa's hummingbird was named in his honour by Jules Bourcier.[2]

Costa was the father of Charles Costa de Beauregard.

References

  1. ↑ Words for birds: a lexicon of North American birds with biographical notes, Edward S. Gruson, page 158
  2. ↑ Early Southwest Ornithologists, 1528-1900, by Dan Lewis Fischer, page 18