Bianca Reinert
{{Short description|Brazilian ornithologist and biologist (c.1966–2018)}}
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| burial_place = Curitiba
| nationality = Brazilian
| alma_mater = Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
Federal University of Paraná
Rio de Janeiro State University
| occupation = Biologist, ornithologist
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Bianca Luiza Reinert (c. 1966 – 10 September 2018) was a Brazilian biologist and ornithologist.{{Cite news|url=http://conexaoplaneta.com.br/blog/o-brasil-perde-a-biologa-bianca-reinert-uma-apaixonada-pelo-bicudinho-do-brejo/|title=O Brasil perde a bióloga Bianca Reinert – uma apaixonada pelo bicudinho-do-brejo|date=2018-09-11|work=Conexão Planeta|access-date=2018-09-13|language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bianca_Reinert|title=Bianca Luiza Reinert {{!}} Ornitologia|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}} She was one of a group of ornithologists who discovered a previously undocumented species of swamp bird, Formicivora acutirostris. She also worked to create a nature reserve to preserve its habitat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oeco.org.br/noticias/a-conservacao-perde-a-ornitologa-bianca-reinert/|title=A conservação perde a ornitóloga Bianca Reinert|last=Bragança|first=Daniele|date=10 September 2018|website=Oeco|language=pt|access-date=2018-09-13}}
Education
Reinert held a degree in Biological Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, a master's degree in Forestry Sciences from the Federal University of Paraná, and a Ph.D. in Zoology from Rio de Janeiro State University.
Career
Reinert was a researcher at the Natural History Museum in Curitiba.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ao.com.br/ao69_6.htm|title=N. 69 - Janeiro/Fevereiro 1996|website=www.ao.com.br|access-date=2018-09-14}} In 1995, she was working on the Parana coast with colleagues Dante Teixeira and Marcos Bonrnschien when they discovered an undocumented bird. On examination, the group decided it was a new genus as well as a new species: Stymphalornis acutirostris.{{Cite journal|last1=Reinert|first1=Bianca L.|last2=Belmonte-Lopes|first2=Ricardo|last3=Bornschein|first3=Marcos R.|last4=Sobotka|first4=Daiane D.|last5=Correa|first5=Leandro|last6=Pie|first6=Marcos R.|last7=Pizo|first7=Marco A.|date=2012|title=Nest and Eggs of the Marsh Antwren (Stymphalornis Acutirostris): The Only Marsh-Dwelling Thamnophilid|journal=Wilson Journal of Ornithology|volume=124|issue=2|pages=286–291|doi=10.1676/11-099.1|s2cid=85776048}} The taboa swamp that the bird lived in was being encroached on by human activities, so in 2008 Reinert and others formed an organisation to create a nature reserve in nearby Guaratuba.{{Cite book|title=Law Relating to Animals|last=Legge and Brooman|first=Deborah and Simon|publisher=Cavendish Publishing|year=2000|pages=375}} In 2009, Reinert and four others purchased land in Guaratuba and had it designated as a Private Natural Heritage Reserve (Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural).{{Cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/cienciasaude/54528-empreendedor-ambiental-leva-r-1-milhao.shtml|title=Empreendedor ambiental leva R$ 1 milhão|last=Grandisoli|first=Edson|website=Folha de S.Paulo|language=pt|access-date=2018-09-16}} In 2015, a species of toad found in Brazil, Melanophryniscus biancae, was named in her honor due to her conservation efforts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oeco.org.br/noticias/novos-anfibios-nas-bromelias-da-mata-atlantica/|title=Novos anfíbios nas bromélias da Mata Atlântica|last=Fonseca|first=Vandré|date=15 December 2015|website=Oeco|language=pt|access-date=2018-09-16}}
Reinert collaborated with poet, Adélia Maria Woellner, and illustrator, Kitty Harvill to produce a picture book, A descoberta do Bicudinho-do-Brejo, which is about S. acutirostris and was released in July 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.semeartecultura.com.br/single-post/2018/07/12/A-Escritora-e-poeta-Ad%C3%A9lia-Maria-Woellner-lan%C3%A7a-com-as-amigas-a-bi%C3%B3loga-Bianca-Luiza-Reinert-e-a-artista-pl%C3%A1stica-e-ilustradora-Kitty-Harvill-o-livro-A-descoberta-do-Bicudinho-do-Brejo|title=A Escritora e poeta Adélia Maria Woellner lança com as amigas, a bióloga Bianca Luiza Reinert e a artista plástica e ilustradora Kitty Harvill o livro "A descoberta do Bicudinho-do-Brejo".|date=12 July 2018|website=SemeARTE Cultura|language=pt|access-date=2018-09-16}} Reinert invited Woellner to work with her on the book in order to increase the public's knowledge of S. acutirostris.{{Cite web|url=http://noticias.cennoticias.com/11031861?origin=relative&pageId=59b308ef-7f97-4d36-8715-dcd0a5099064&PageIndex=0|title=Bicudinho-do-brejo alça voos nas páginas de papel para dar vida a uma linda história|last=Spack|first=Emanuelle|date=3 July 2018|website=Central das Noticias|language=pt|access-date=2018-09-16}}
= Selected publications =
- Conhecendo Aves Silvestres Brasileiras: Knowing Brazilian Birds (with Marcos R. Bornschein and Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes, 2004){{Cite web|url=http://noticias.ambientebrasil.com.br/clipping/2004/11/30/17120-aves-brasileiras-sao-retratadas-em-guia-fotografico.html|title=Aves brasileiras são retratadas em guia fotográfico – Ambientebrasil – Notícias|website=noticias.ambientebrasil.com.br|date=30 November 2004 |language=pt-BR|access-date=2018-09-14}}
Personal life
Reinert died after a battle with cancer and was buried in Curitiba. She was 52 years old."[https://www.tribunapr.com.br/noticias/falecimentos-10092018/ Falecimentos (10/09/2018)]" Tribuna. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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Category:Rio de Janeiro State University alumni
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Category:Federal University of Paraná alumni
Category:Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná alumni
Category:Deaths from cancer in Paraná (state)
Category:21st-century Brazilian biologists
Category:21st-century Brazilian women scientists
Category:20th-century Brazilian scientists
Category:21st-century women scientists