Charles Heineken, also known as Carlos Heineken, was an English medical doctor and ornithologist. He lived on Madeira, a Portuguese island in Macaronesia, from 1826 until his death. He described the Trocaz pigeon, a Madeiran endemic bird species.
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Charles Heineken, also known as Carlos Heineken, was an English medical doctor and ornithologist. He lived on Madeira, a Portuguese island in Macaronesia, from 1826 until his death. He described the Trocaz pigeon, a Madeiran endemic bird species. He is commemorated in the scientific name of a subspecies of blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla heineken.
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Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1791 to 1830 · aged 38
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