Adolphe Delattre

{{short description|French ornithologist}}

(Pierre) Adolphe Delattre (or De Lattre) (12 February 1805, Tours – 3 January 1854, Nice) was a French ornithologist.[https://books.google.com/books?id=n3AUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA123 The Condor, Volume 20]

Between 1831 and 1851 he made several expeditions to America, where he was particularly interested in collecting hummingbirds. He named a number of new species, either alone or with Jules Bourcier. In 1839, with naturalist René Primevère Lesson, he described seven species of hummingbird.[http://www.avibushistoriae.com/Delattre.htm Avibush Historiae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180808/http://www.avibushistoriae.com/Delattre.htm |date=2015-09-23 }} Adolphe Delattre & Bourcier Jules - Birds

He is commemorated in the binomial of the rufous-crested coquette, Lophornis delattrei.[http://www.surfbirds.com/trip_report.php?id=2262 Surfbirds Birding Trip Report] North Peru Megas