Antonio Schembri (ornithologist)
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Antonio SchembriAntonio Schembri (April 1813, Valletta
- December 1872 was an Italian
ornithologist.
Antonio Schembri was a shipping agent. He wrote, in Italian
, Catalogo Ornitologico del Gruppo di Malta (1843) which is the first scientific checklist of the birds of Malta and also Quadro Geografico Ornitologico Ossia Quadro Comparativo dell’Ornitologia di Malta, Sicilia, Roma, Toscana, Liguria, Nizza ela Provincia di Gard(also 1843). In Quadro Geografico he compared the range and breeding habitat of the birds of Malta, Sicily, Rome, Tuscany, etc. .in a tabular list. He also published, in Bologna “Vocabolario dei Sinonimi Classici dell’ Ornitologia Europea” (1846). He was a friend and correspondent of Luigi Benoit
and a contributor (he was also an entomologist) to Camillo Rondani's Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus
Valletta
Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's...
- December 1872 was an Italian
Italian people
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ornithologist.
Antonio Schembri was a shipping agent. He wrote, in Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Catalogo Ornitologico del Gruppo di Malta (1843) which is the first scientific checklist of the birds of Malta and also Quadro Geografico Ornitologico Ossia Quadro Comparativo dell’Ornitologia di Malta, Sicilia, Roma, Toscana, Liguria, Nizza ela Provincia di Gard(also 1843). In Quadro Geografico he compared the range and breeding habitat of the birds of Malta, Sicily, Rome, Tuscany, etc. .in a tabular list. He also published, in Bologna “Vocabolario dei Sinonimi Classici dell’ Ornitologia Europea” (1846). He was a friend and correspondent of Luigi Benoit
Luigi Benoit
Luigi Benoit was an Italian naturalist.Luigi Benoit studied at the military school "Nunziatella di Napoli" in Naples then began his career in the...
and a contributor (he was also an entomologist) to Camillo Rondani's Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus
Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus
Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus is a fundamental work of systematic entomology by the Italianentomologist Camillo Róndani.It consist of seven volumes published in Paris, Parma, Firenze Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus is a fundamental work of systematic entomology by the Italianentomologist...