Adolph Nehrkorn (29 December 1841, in Riddagshausen, today part of Braunschweig – 8 April 1916, in Braunschweig) was a German ornithologist and collector of bird eggs.
Adolph's father worked at the Abbey in Riddagshausen. His early schooling was at Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig. After working for some years as a farmer, he went to study at the University of Berlin. In 1866 he married Ellen Streichenberg. He took a great interest in birds, collecting their eggs. His large collection of eggs was bequeathed to the Berlin Zoological Museum (which in the present day is the Berlin's Natural History Museum).[1]
The crimson-crowned flowerpecker (Dicaeum nehrkorni) and the Sangihe white-eye (Zosterops nehrkorni) are two avian species named in his honor.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Heinroth, Oskar (1916). "Bericht über die Maisitzung 1916". Journal of Ornithology (in German). 64 (3): 421–424. Bibcode:1916JOrni..64..421H. doi:10.1007/BF02250493. S2CID 13343592.
- ↑ Avibase Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker
- ↑ Avibase Sangihe White-eye
- ↑ Full text of "Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club"
External links
Media related to Adolph Nehrkorn at Wikimedia Commons- Works by or about Adolph Nehrkorn at Internet Archive
- Katalog der Eiersammlung, nebst Beschreibungeh der aussereuropchen Eier. by Adolph Nehrkorn 1910