Robert Swinhoe FRS (1 September 1836 – 28 October 1877) was an English diplomat and naturalist who worked as a Consul in Taiwan (then known to Westerners...

Swinhoe's storm petrel or Swinhoe's petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) is a small, all-brown seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. The scientific...

names: pseudorobin, red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's robin, Swinhoe's pseudorobin, Swinhoe's nightingale or whistling nightingale...

at Exeter Exchange in London. Leopardus brachyurus was proposed by Robert Swinhoe in 1862 who described a skin of a clouded leopard from Formosa. It was...

is a subspecies of the Asiatic black bear. It was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864. Formosan black bears are endemic to Taiwan. They are also the...

throughout Southern California. Swinhoe's white-eye was formally described in 1861 by the English naturalist Robert Swinhoe and given the binomial name Zosterops...

in the stork family Ciconiidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1873. It is closely related to and resembles the European white stork...

have been imported. It was first described to the Western world by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. There are two subspecies: the Chinese water deer (H. i. inermis)...

The eastern spot-billed duck was described by the English biologist Robert Swinhoe in 1866 under its current binomial name Anas zonorhyncha. The name of...

Chinese egret or Swinhoe's egret (Egretta eulophotes) is a threatened species of egret from east Asia, first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860. The Chinese...

Natural History Society and a brother of the famous naturalist Robert Swinhoe. Swinhoe was commissioned ensign in the 56th Regiment of Foot without purchase...

native primates living in Taiwan. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1862. Rock macaques measure 50–60 cm and weigh 5–12 kg, generally...

disease and prevent further spillover. List of endemic species of Taiwan Swinhoe, R. (1862). "On the mammals of the island of Formosa (China)". Proceedings...

warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860. It is found in Manchuria; it winters in Southeast Asia. Its...

long-tailed member of the crow family. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. They are widely distributed along the foothills of the Himalayas...

(Japanese: ニホンカモシカ, Hepburn: Nihon kamoshika) As Capricornis crispa; Robert Swinhoe amended it for gender agreement in 1870. In Japanese, the word kamoshika...

great effect in the Second Opium War. As reported by the translator Robert Swinhoe, after the British attack on the Chinese fort at Pehtang: Numbers of...

Taiwan. The Taiwan blue magpie was collected by Robert Swinhoe and described by John Gould. Swinhoe translated the magpie's Hokkien name into English...

received and described bird specimens from A.O. Hume, Samuel Tickell, Robert Swinhoe among others. His Natural History of the Cranes was published posthumously...

largest of the 14 subspecies of sika deer. It was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864. The Manchurian sika deer was formerly found in Manchuria (northeastern...

(red, white, and blue). The bird was named after British naturalist Robert Swinhoe, who first described the species in 1862. Locally, the species is known...

a clouded leopard specimen from Nepal. Felis brachyura proposed by Robert Swinhoe in 1862 was a clouded leopard skin from Taiwan. The generic name Neofelis...

turtle, the Shanghai softshell turtle, the speckled softshell turtle, and Swinhoe's softshell turtle, is an extremely rare species of turtle in the family...

migratory wader. The common name commemorates the British naturalist Robert Swinhoe who first described the species in 1861. It is identifiable as a Gallinago...

may be observed in western Europe. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. A. gustavi is a small pipit, which somewhat resembles the non-breeding...

were to buy alligators held in captivity and release them. In 1869, Robert Swinhoe saw a Chinese alligator in an exhibit in Shanghai and wrote the following...

is a bird in the family Paridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitats are temperate...

flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861. It is a slender, long-winged bird with a length of 13 to 15 cm...

cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1861. It breeds in China and winters in Mainland Southeast Asia....

endemic to Hainan Island, China. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. The Hainan hare is small; its body length is less than 40 centimetres...