Prolific illustrative works of natural history. Noted Quinarian.
Scientific career
Fields
Ornithology, malacology, conchology, entomology, natural history
Notable students
Sir Walter Buller
Author abbrev. (botany)
Swainson
Notes
Emigrated to New Zealand in 1841
In this Zoological Illustrations lithograph Swainson depicted Urania sloanus, a now extinct species
William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855[1]), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist.
^Boulger, George Simonds (1898). "Swainson, William (1789-1855)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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western bluebird was formally described by the English naturalist WilliamJohnSwainson in 1832 and given the binomial name Sialia mexicana. Six subspecies...
size. The genus Sialia was introduced by the English naturalist WilliamJohnSwainson in 1827 with the eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) as the type species...
nests of other species. The genus was introduced by English naturalist WilliamSwainson in 1832 with the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) as the type...
Forsskål (1732-1763) who gave the type locality as Jeddah. When WilliamJohnSwainson was describing the genus Thalassoma in 1839 he designated Scarus...
woodpecker was formally described in 1827 by the English naturalist WilliamJohnSwainson under the binomial name Picus formicivorus from a specimen collected...
Kenya. The genus Macronyx was introduced by the English naturalist WilliamJohnSwainson in 1827 with the Cape longclaw as the type species. The name combines...
moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by WilliamJohnSwainson in 1821. It lives in eastern North America. Adults fly in May and...
species name, nigricans, is Latin for "blackish", and was given by WilliamJohnSwainson in 1827. The black phoebe has six subspecies, but these can be divided...
genus Ptilinopus was introduced in 1825 by the English naturalist WilliamJohnSwainson with the rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina) as the type...
was first proposed as taxon in 1839 by the English zoologist WilliamJohnSwainson, Swainson named it as a momotypic subgenus of Pagellus with Pagellus...
zoologist WilliamSwainson in 1827 based on a specimen that had been collected in Mexico by the English naturalist William Bullock. Swainson placed the...
family Anatidae. It was established in 1831 by English ornithologist WilliamJohnSwainson, when he proposed moving the pink-eared duck into a subgenus (Malacorhynchus)...
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are a characteristic of this family. The family was created by WilliamJohnSwainson in 1820. The name "butterfly" is believed to have originated from...
entomologist William Sharp Macleay in 1819. The system was further promoted in the works of Nicholas Aylward Vigors, WilliamJohnSwainson and Johann Jakob...
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