Callipharus nigriventris, Black-bellied Hummingbird
by John Gould
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Callipharus nigriventris, Black-bellied Hummingbird
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John Gould
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Drawing - Vintage Illustration
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John Gould FRS 1804 – 1881 was an English ornithologist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart.
He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed “Darwin’s finches” played a role in the inception of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould’s work is referenced in Charles Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species.
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