Carl Hunstein

{{Short description|German ornithologist and plant collector}}

Carl Hunstein (1843 – March 13, 1888) was a German ornithologist and plant collector.

Hunstein was born in Homberg, Germany. He emigrated to America, then relocated to New Zealand. From 1885 until his death, he was employed by the German New Guinea Company.[http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/fmcollectors/H/HunsteinC.htm Nationaal Herbarium Nederland] Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors

He was a successful discoverer of new species of birds-of-paradise, such as the:

• Brown sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri Finsch), named in honor of Adolf Bernard Meyer.[http://biodiversity.mongabay.com/animals/e/Epimachus_meyeri.html Biodiversity Mongabay] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228074753/http://biodiversity.mongabay.com/animals/e/Epimachus_meyeri.html |date=December 28, 2013 }} Epimachus meyeri
• Stephanie's astrapia (Astrapia stephaniae Finsch & A.B. Meyer), named in honor of Princess Stéphanie of Belgium.[http://biodiversity.mongabay.com/animals/a/Astrapia_stephaniae.html Biodiversity Mongabay] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228074839/http://biodiversity.mongabay.com/animals/a/Astrapia_stephaniae.html |date=December 28, 2013 }} Astrapia stephaniae
• Blue bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi Finsch), named in honor of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria.[http://www.beautyofbirds.com/bluebirdofparadise.html Beautyofbirds, formerly Avianweb] Paradisaea rudolph
• Emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi Cabanis).[http://florafaunanews.blogspot.com/2011/03/emperor-bird-of-paradise-or-scientific.html Flora Fauna News] Paradisaea guilielmi

Hunstein died when a tsunami, caused by a submarine volcano, hit the coast of New Britain of the Bismarck Archipelago.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3471171 |title=TIDAL WAVE AT NEW BRITAIN. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=XLIV |issue=9,422 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=27 March 1888 |accessdate=18 May 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3471197 |title=The Brisbane Courier. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=XLIV |issue=9,422 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=27 March 1888 |accessdate=18 May 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

He is commemorated in New Guinea by the Hunstein Mountains and the Hunstein Forest, and in plants and animals including the Hunstein's mannikin (Lonchura hunsteini), Cyathea hunsteiniana and Araucaria hunsteinii.{{cite book|author1=Andrew J. Marshall|author2=Bruce M. Beehler|title=Ecology of Indonesian Papua Part One|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9LGv7oe0i0C&pg=PA26|year=2007|publisher=Periplus Editions (HK) Limited|isbn=978-0-7946-0393-9|page=26}}{{cite book|author=Aljos Farjon|title=A Handbook of the World's Conifers (2 Vols.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqkKTQcGOtYC&pg=PT202|year=2010|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-17718-5|page=202}}{{cite book|author=Richard Bowdler Sharpe|title=Birds|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-kyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA394|year=1906|page=394}}