Valentin Bianchi

Valentin Bianchi

Valentin Bianchi (1857-1920), Russian ornithologist
Born 18 February 1857
Moskow
Died 10 January 1920 (1920-01-11) (aged 62)
Petrograd
Nationality Russian
Known for Birds of Middle Asia, Central Asia

Valentin Lvovich Bianchi (18 February 1857 – 10 January 1920) (Russian: Валентин Львович Бианки) was a Russian ornithologist.

Bianchi was the Head of the Department of Ornithology at the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petrograd from 1896 to 1920. He worked mainly on birds from Middle and Central Asia. He is honoured in the common and scientific names of Bianchi's warbler (Seicercus valentini), described by Ernst Hartert.

Father of russian naturalist Vitaly Bianki.

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