Charles de Souancé, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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French ornithologist and French Navy officer
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About Charles de Souancé
- Charles de Souancé (2 May 1823 – 23 January 1896) was a French ornithologist and a purser in the French Navy, more precisely "Commissaire de la Marine".
- He made many studies on the ornithological collection of his uncle François Victor Masséna and described several new species of parrots (Psittacidae) in the scientific journal Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. A subspecies of the maroon-tailed parakeet, Pyrrhura melanura souancei, is named for him.
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