Prideaux John Selby FRSE FLS (23 July 1788 – 27 March 1867) was an English ornithologist, botanist and natural history artist. Selby was born in Bondgate...
5 KB (466 words) - 03:35, 1 January 2024
Prideaux Selby (baptised 21 December 1747 – 9 May 1813) was an English soldier and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Alnwick, Northumberland...
3 KB (190 words) - 17:31, 28 September 2021
Lovebird (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
aviculture. The genus Agapornis was introduced by the English naturalist Prideaux John Selby in 1836. The name combines the Ancient Greek αγάπη agape meaning...
24 KB (2,538 words) - 03:58, 30 August 2024
confused with Twizell Castle), Addestone, near Bambrough. His son Prideaux John Selby (1789–1867), was an eminent naturalist who improved the Twizell property...
10 KB (1,415 words) - 19:16, 3 August 2024
Phaps (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
Australia. The genus was introduced in 1835 by the English naturalist Prideaux John Selby with the common bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) as the type species...
3 KB (141 words) - 13:49, 17 September 2024
Haliastur (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
voice and plumage. The genus was erected by the English naturalist Prideaux John Selby in 1840 with brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) as the type species...
7 KB (652 words) - 08:42, 17 September 2024
number of bird species, alone or in conjunction with his friend Prideaux John Selby. He died on 21 November 1874 in Sandown, Isle of Wight. He was married...
20 KB (1,835 words) - 06:46, 27 August 2024
Australian shelduck (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. William Jardine and Prideaux John Selby described the Australian shelduck in 1828. The males are mostly dark...
6 KB (600 words) - 03:37, 31 July 2024
Northumbria William George Armstrong Joe Baker-Cresswell Ida of Bernicia Prideaux John Selby Grace Darling Uhtred the Bold Bamburgh village and surroundings Bamburgh...
13 KB (1,166 words) - 00:06, 23 July 2024
Loriini (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
parrots appearing in the first edition of The Parrots of the World and also in John Gould's lithographs of the Birds of Australia. In the wild, rainbow lorikeets...
21 KB (1,382 words) - 23:43, 12 September 2024
English soldier and politician Prideaux John Selby (1788–1867), English ornithologist, botanist and natural history artist Prideaux baronets, family The ancient...
4 KB (507 words) - 07:54, 4 August 2024
Loriinae (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
introduced in 1836 (as Loriana and Lorianae) by the English naturalist Prideaux John Selby in his book The Natural History of Parrots. Traditionally it was...
11 KB (937 words) - 19:45, 14 June 2024
Great bowerbird (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Ptilonorhynchidae Genus: Chlamydera Species: C. nuchalis Binomial name Chlamydera nuchalis (Jardine & Selby, 1830)...
4 KB (389 words) - 16:25, 9 August 2023
Nyctyornis (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
Nyctyornis was introduced by the naturalists William Jardine and Prideaux John Selby in 1830. The name comes from the Ancient Greek nukt meaning nocturnal...
6 KB (542 words) - 08:05, 10 August 2024
Leafbird (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Chloropseidae Wetmore, 1960 Genus: Chloropsis Jardine & Selby, 1827 Species See text...
10 KB (910 words) - 21:33, 5 January 2024
Orange-bellied leafbird (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Chloropseidae Genus: Chloropsis Species: C. hardwickii Binomial name Chloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby, 1830...
2 KB (168 words) - 17:44, 21 December 2023
Bulwer's petrel (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
T22698132A132627626.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021. Jardine, William; Selby, Prideaux John (1828). Illustrations of Ornithology. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars...
9 KB (881 words) - 00:19, 23 August 2023
Mergellus (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Subfamily: Anatinae Genus: Mergellus Selby, 1840 Species Mergellus albellus †Megellus mochanovi...
1 KB (77 words) - 01:46, 23 February 2024
maternal aunt, Lewis Tabitha Mitford (1782–1859), was married to Prideaux John Selby, an ornithologist, botanist and natural history artist. His maternal...
59 KB (6,908 words) - 21:58, 16 September 2024
Mauritius bulbul (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
T22713239A94366667.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Jardine, Bart, Sir William; Selby, P.J. (1837). Illustrations of Ornithology. Vol. 2 Addenda. D 2, pl 2. Gregory...
4 KB (408 words) - 02:28, 27 March 2024
Spotted harrier (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
Australia. ISBN 0670879185. "Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis Jardine and Selby 1828 - vulnerable species listing". 5 August 2022. Wikispecies has information...
8 KB (1,034 words) - 06:11, 23 February 2024
Spindalis (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
Spindalidae Barker, Burns, Klicka, Lanyon, & Lovette, 2013 Genus: Spindalis Jardine & Selby, 1837 Type species Spindalis nigricephala Species See text...
5 KB (389 words) - 16:59, 4 July 2024
in the genus Haliastur that was erected by the English naturalist Prideaux John Selby in 1840. Four subspecies are recognized: The brahminy kite is distinctive...
19 KB (1,846 words) - 00:22, 12 August 2024
Forest kingfisher (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
kingfisher was first described by the naturalists Sir William Jardine and Prideaux John Selby in 1830. It was known for many years by its old scientific name of...
8 KB (946 words) - 22:44, 29 June 2024
Painted francolin (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
bird skin came from John Atherton, a nephew of P J Selby and the type locality was designated as Bangalore. The holotype is in the Selby collection UMZC 14/Pha/22/aa/2...
10 KB (1,104 words) - 20:57, 13 July 2024
Northumberland John Busby (1765–1857), mining engineer William Davison (1781–1858), pharmacist, apothecary, publisher and printer Prideaux John Selby (1788–1867)...
34 KB (3,423 words) - 00:39, 10 September 2024
Fraser's sunbird (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae Genus: Deleornis Species: D. fraseri Binomial name Deleornis fraseri (Jardine & Selby, 1843) Synonyms Anthreptes fraseri...
1 KB (83 words) - 11:53, 10 May 2024
Fluffy-backed tit-babbler (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
by the International Ornithological Congress: M. p. ptilosus (Jardine & Selby, 1835) - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Batu Islands M. p. trichorrhos (Temminck...
2 KB (174 words) - 16:05, 7 July 2023
Partridge pigeon (category Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby)
instead of races, making the species monotypic. G. s. smithii – Jardine and Selby, 1830: The nominate subspecies, it is found in extreme northeastern Western...
3 KB (252 words) - 09:54, 13 August 2024
combines the genus name Phaps introduced by the English naturalist Prideaux John Selby in 1835 for the bronze-wing pigeons with the Ancient Greek trērōn...
6 KB (526 words) - 22:02, 1 January 2024