Roberto Raul Dabbene (17 January 1864– 20 October 1938) was an

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ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

. Born in

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, he studied at the University of Turin and received a doctorate in 1884 from the

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and moved to Argentina in 1887. After teaching chemistry at the

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, he moved to

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in 1890 where he was inspired to study birds by Dr. E. L. Homberg who made him a member of the zoo staff. He studied the Argentine birds for over 40 years, and became curator of birds at the National Museum and writing many of the most important books on the subject. He was a founder of the journal ''El Hornero''.

Works

*"Contribución a la ornitología del Paraguay", Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 23: 283-390 (1912) *"Notas sobre una colección de Avesde la Isla Martín García", El Hornero 1 (1917). (1): 29-34; (2): 89-96; (3): 160-168; (4): 236–248. *"Los pingüinos de las costas e islas de los mares argentinos", El Hornero 2 (1): 1-9 (1920) *"Tres aves nuevas para la avifauna uruguaya", El Hornero 3 (4): 422 (1926) *"The ornithological collection of the Museo Nacional, Buenos Aires its origin, development and present condition", The Auk Vol. 43 N. 1: 37-46 (1926) *"Las palomas y tórtolas de la Argentina", Revista Diosa Cazadora, Suplemento (125) (1938) *"Fauna Magallánica. Mamíferos y aves de la Tierra del Fuego e islas adyacentes"

References

Argentine ornithologists Italian ornithologists 1864 births 1938 deaths Italian emigrants to Argentina {{Argentina-scientist-stub