Hermann Grote (7 July 1882 – 12 August 1951) was a German

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known for his studies of African avifauna. While serving as a director of a

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plantation in

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, he published papers on the local avifauna (from 1909 to 1913). As a Russian

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during WWI, he learned

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, a skill set he subsequently used to translate Russian ornithological works into German. During his career, he was associated with ornithological research performed at the

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in Berlin.1952 .1 Obituaries 223 - University of New Mexico
obituary of Hermann Grote In 1923 he was elected a corresponding fellow of the

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Taxa described by Grote

*''Elminia albonotata subcaerulea'' (1923), a subspecies of the

white-tailed crested flycatcher The white-tailed crested flycatcher (''Elminia albonotata'') is a species of bird in the flycatcher family Stenostiridae. It has a discontinuous distribution in eastern Africa. There are three subspecies, ''E. a. albonotata'' of central Kenya, a ...

. *''Vidua togoensis'' (1923), the

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Selected writings

*''Beitrag zur Ornis des südöstlichen Deutsch-Ostafrika'', 1912 – Contributions to the ornithology of southeastern German East Africa. *''Über einige gefangene ostafrikanische Vögel'', 1912 – On some captive East African birds. *''Aus der ornithologischen Literatur Russlands: Berichte und Übersetzungen'', Volume 5, 1925 – On Russian ornithological literature; reports and translations. *''Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Vogelfauna des Graslandes von Neukamerun''. 1925 – Contributions associated with birds native to the grasslands of

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. *''Brutbiologisches aus N.A. Sarudnys Schriften'', 1934 – Breeding biology by Nicholas Alexievich Sarudny. *"Collected Papers on Ornithology", 1935. *''Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der palaearktischen Zugvögel in Afrika'', 1937 – New contributions involving

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migrant birds in Africa.Google Books
publications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grote, Hermann 1882 births 1951 deaths German ornithologists 20th-century German zoologists