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    Johann Matthäus Bechstein (11 July 1757 – 23 February 1822) was a German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist. In Great...
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    first nine years. His situation improved only when his uncle Johann Matthäus Bechstein, a renowned naturalist and forester living in Meiningen in the...
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  • Edwin Bechstein (1859-1934), German piano manufacturer and son of Carl Helene Bechstein (1876–1951), German socialite and businesswoman Johann Matthäus Bechstein...
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    Black vulture (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    the system of binomial nomenclature. The German ornithologist Johann Matthäus Bechstein formally described the species using the same name in 1793 in...
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    White-backed woodpecker (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    white-backed woodpecker was described by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802 under the binomial name Picus leucotos. The specific epithet...
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    Barnacle goose (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    lineage. The barnacle goose was first classified taxonomically by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1803. Branta is a Latinised form of Old Norse Brandgás, "burnt...
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    Fork-tailed drongo (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    least-concern species. The fork-tailed drongo was described by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1794. Its populations are genetically distinct, and four races...
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    Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius 1800-1809 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43961 Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte Deutschlands nach allen drey Reichen...
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    had originally been introduced in 1802 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein. The genus contains four species: "Fringillidae". aviansystematics...
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    Cuban macaw (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    In 1811, the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein scientifically named the species Psittacus tricolor. Bechstein's description was based on the bird's...
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