Extinct and endangered (‘ E & E’) birds in the ornithological collection of the Museum of Zoology of Torino University, Italy
Author
Ghiraldi, Luca
Author
Aimassi, Giorgio
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2019
2019-03-15
139
1
28
45
journal article
298440
10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a2
27f5c2ae-1d4d-4f0e-b33a-13620b3d69df
2513-9894
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THREE-TOED JACAMAR
Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
VU
Galbula tridactyla
Vieillot, 1817
MZUT
AV1080; previously mounted; unsexed adult; ‘South America’; donated by Dr Ricord in 1843.
MZUT
AV15057; previously mounted; unsexed adult; ‘South America’; no date.
Remarks
.—Alexandre Ricord (1798–1876) was a surgeon who devoted his life to natural history. He travelled in tropical America between 1826 and 1834, collecting many zoological specimens.
Salvadori (1915)
reported that in 1843 Dr Ricord sent an interesting series of birds from various locations, including
Brazil
,
Cuba
and
Haiti
.