Othmar Reiser
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C. H. Othmar Reiser was an Austria
n ornithologist.
Reiser was curator of the Zemaljski Muzej of Sarajevo
, where it is possible to see his collection of birds of the Balkan Peninsula (about 10,000 specimens).
In 1903 he took part in an expedition of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
to north-east Brazil
, during which he was the first to observe the Spix's Macaw
in the wild since its original discovery 84 years earlier.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n ornithologist.
Reiser was curator of the Zemaljski Muzej of Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, where it is possible to see his collection of birds of the Balkan Peninsula (about 10,000 specimens).
In 1903 he took part in an expedition of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Austrian Academy of Sciences
The Austrian Academy of Sciences is a legal entity under the special protection of the Federal Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every field, particularly in fundamental research...
to north-east Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, during which he was the first to observe the Spix's Macaw
Spix's Macaw
Spix's Macaw is the only member of the parrot genus Cyanopsitta. They are critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild The species is conserved through several breeding programs. It was found in Brazil, in parts of the Brazilian state of Bahia...
in the wild since its original discovery 84 years earlier.
Works
- Bericht über die Besichtigungen des Spix-Aras bei Paranaguá in Piauí während der Expedition der K.u.K Akademie der Wissenschaften im Jahre 1903
- Die VogelSammlung des bosnischhercegowin Landesmuseums in Sarajevo, Budapest (1891)
- Bericht über die botanische Ergebnisse meiner naturwissenschaftlichen Sammelreisen in Serbien in den Jahren 1899 u. 1900 (1905)
- Materialen zu einer Ornis Balcanica Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (1939)