Auguste Boissonneau (26 July 1802,

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– 7 July 1883, Paris) was a French

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

and ocularist. In the latter field he was a pioneer of ocular prosthesis. As an ornithologist, he was the taxonomic authority of numerous species native to tropical and subtropical South America. The

hummingbird Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics aro ...

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Boissonneaua ''Boissonneaua'' is a small genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. They are found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela to southern Peru. They have a straight black beak, bill, contrasting outer rectrices, and a distinctive ha ...

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, 1854) commemorates his name, as does the species '' Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii'' (streaked tuftedcheek), a bird circumscribed by Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1840.

Ornithological taxa described by Boissonneau

* Black-chested mountain tanager - ''Cnemathraupis eximia''. *

Blue-and-black tanager The blue-and-black tanager (''Tangara vassorii'') is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in the Andes of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, where it inhabits montane evergreen forest, dwarf forest, and ...

- ''Tangara vassorii''. *

Blue cotinga The blue cotinga (''Cotinga nattererii'') is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Colombia, north-west Ecuador, eastern to western Panama and western Venezuela in tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former f ...

- ''Cotinga nattererii''. *

Bronze-tailed thornbill The bronze-tailed thornbill (''Chalcostigma heteropogon'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Bird ...

- ''Chalcostigma heteropogon''. *

Buff-breasted mountain tanager The buff-breasted mountain tanager (''Dubusia taeniata'') is a species of Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist m ...

- ''Dubusia taeniata''. *

Collared inca The collared inca (''Coeligena torquata'') is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru. It is very distinctive in having a white chest-patch and white on the tail. Like ot ...

- ''Coeligena torquata''. *

Colombian mountain grackle The Colombian mountain grackle (''Macroagelaius subalaris''), is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. Distribution and habitat It is endemic to Colombia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Conservat ...

- ''Macroagelaius subalaris''. * Crimson-mantled woodpecker - ''Piculus rivolii''. *

Glossy flowerpiercer The glossy flowerpiercer (''Diglossa lafresnayii'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tro ...

- ''Diglossa lafresnayii''. *

Green-and-black fruiteater The green-and-black fruiteater (''Pipreola riefferii'') is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, where its habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Because of its ran ...

- ''Pipreola riefferii''. *

Green-bearded helmetcrest The green-bearded helmetcrest (''Oxypogon guerinii'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Colombia.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World ...

- ''Oxypogon guerinii''. * Golden-bellied starfrontlet - ''Coeligena bonapartei''. *

Golden-fronted whitestart The golden-fronted whitestart (''Myioborus ornatus'') or the golden-fronted redstart, is a species of bird in the family Parulidae The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds that make up the ...

- ''Myioborus ornatus''. *

Grey-browed brush finch The grey-browed brushfinch (''Arremon assimilis'') is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It lives in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near the edges, at altitudes of in the Andes Mountains of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador ...

- ''Arremon assimilis''. * Metallic-green tanager - ''Tangara labradorides''. *

Mountain velvetbreast The mountain velvetbreast (''Lafresnaya lafresnayi'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handb ...

- ''Lafresnaya lafresnayi''. *

Moustached brush finch The moustached brushfinch (''Atlapetes albofrenatus'') is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in northern Colombia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former f ...

- ''Atlapetes albofrenatus''. *

Pale-naped brush finch The pale-naped brushfinch (''Atlapetes pallidinucha'') is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane eco ...

- ''Atlapetes pallidinucha''. * Purple-backed thornbill - ''Ramphomicron microrhynchum''. * Slaty brush finch - ''Atlapetes schistaceus''. * Smoky bush tyrant - ''Myiotheretes fumigatus''. *

Sword-billed hummingbird The sword-billed hummingbird (''Ensifera ensifera''), also known as the swordbill, is a neotropical species of hummingbird from the Andean regions of South America. It is the only member in the genus ''Ensifera.'' Among the largest species of ...

- ''Ensifera ensifera'' * White-throated toucanet - ''Aulacorhynchus albivitta''.

Partial bibliography

* ''Nouvelles espèces d'Oiseaux-Mouches de Santa-Fé de Bogota'', Revue zoologique la Société cuviérienne, 1839, S. 354–356. * ''Oiseaux nouveaux ou peu connus de Santa-Fé de Bogota'', Revue zoologique la Société cuviérienne, 1840, S. 2–8. * ''Nouvelle espèce du genre Pic'', Revue zoologique la Société cuviérienne, 1840, S. 36–37 * ''Oiseaux nouveaux de Santa-Fé de Bogota'', Revue zoologique la Société cuviérienne, 1840, S. 66–71. * ''Recherche sur l'histoire des yeux artifisiels'', Annales de la Société de médecine de Gand, 1843. * ''Prothèse oculaire. Yeux artificiels mobiles de M. Boissonneau'', 1849. * "Methode of complete and individual appropriation of artificial eyes comprising the different kinds of advertissements, with the wood cuts belonging to them. M. Auguste Boissonneau's moveable artificial eyes..." W. T. Soulby, 1853. * ''De la Restauration de la physionomie chez les personnes privées d'un oeil'', 1859.Google Search
List of published works.

References

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