Lionel William Wiglesworth

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Lionel William Wiglesworth (February 13, 1865 – June 7, 1901) was an Australian ornithologist who studied birds of Southeast Asia and Polynesia.{{Cite journal |date=2008-04-03 |title=XLIX. - Obituary |journal=Ibis |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=748–752 |doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1901.tb00493.x}} Wiglesworth published The Birds of Celebes and the Neighboring Islands in 1898 with Adolf Bernhard Meyer.{{Cite web |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1010671 |title=Wiglesworth, Lionel W. (Lionel William) (1865-1901) |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=2019-02-13}} Together, they described several new bird species, including the dark-eared myza (Myza celebensis){{Cite web |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=FC002FE5102139EC |title=Myza celebensis (Dark-eared Myza) |website=Avibase |access-date=2019-02-13}} and the Banggai fruit dove (Ptilinopus subgularis).{{Cite web |url=https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=E5F5E7D2C7B69514 |title=Ptilinopus subgularis (Banggai Fruit-Dove) |website=Avibase |access-date=2019-02-13}}

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Category:Australian ornithologists

Category:1865 births

Category:1901 deaths

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