François Victor Massena, 3rd Duke of Rivoli
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François Victor Masséna, 3rd ornithologist. He was the youngest of four children of André Masséna, 2nd Prince of Essling and Anne Marie Rosalie Lamare.
His siblings were Victoire Thècle Masséna, Marie Anne Elisabeth Masséna and Jacques Prosper Masséna.
Masséna accumulated a large bird collection of 12,500 specimens, which he sold to Dr.
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Massena described a number of new parrots with his nephew Charles de Souancé, including the green-cheeked parakeet. The slaty-tailed trogon, crimson-mantled woodpecker and Rivoli's hummingbird were all named in his honor.[1]
In 1823 he married
René Primevère Lesson.[2]
References
- ^ "Rivoli's Hummingbird Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology". All about Birds. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ISBN 0-618-02496-4.
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