John Todd Room

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John Todd Zimmer (born February 28, 1889 in Bridgeport , Ohio , † January 6, 1957 in White Plains , New York ) was an American ornithologist , entomologist , author , curator and chairman of the ornithological department of the American Museum of Natural History .

Life

His first career steps as a naturalist were mainly shaped by his life in Nebraska . Here he graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1911 with an undergraduate degree . A few years later, he graduated with a Master of Science degree. In 1943, at the height of his career, he was finally awarded an honorary doctorate in science. At the beginning of his scientific career, Zimmer initially specialized in the field of entomology. Despite his specialization, he always had an eye on ornithology. During his time in college, for example, he collected a variety of birds from Nebraska, which he bequeathed to the University of Nebraska. After his time in college, he first worked as a field entomologist for the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station , whereby he also worked closely with the United States Department of Agriculture . In 1913 he went to the Philippines for the Ministry of Agriculture as deputy head of department for pest control . Four years later he moved on to Port Moresby , where he worked as an expert for the Ministry of Agriculture of Papua New Guinea . Here he met Margaret Thompson, whom he married in 1917.

They both had two children together, a son named Lawrence Thompson Zimmer and a daughter named Ida Elithabeth Zimmer Sprague. His wife died in October 1944. Little is known about his time in Southeast Asia . Even so, he published two articles on the bird life of the Philippines in the Philippine Journal of Science in 1918 . He sold the birds he had collected in Southeast Asia to the American Museum of Natural History. Ernst Mayr used the birds of Papua New Guinea for his book List of New Guinea birds: a systematic and faunal list of the birds of New Guinea and adjacent islands . After returning to the USA , he worked for a short time at the Museum of the University of Nebraska. But soon he got an offer from the Field Museum of Natural History . Here he published two volumes of the Catalog of the Ayer Ornithological Library together with Wilfred Hudson Osgood . During his time in Chicago he also took part in the Conover - Everard - Expedition in Africa and in the Captain Marshall Expedition in Peru sponsored by Berthold Laufer and David Charles Davies . During the time in Peru in particular, numerous publications were made under the name Studies of Peruvian Birds .

Zimmer's interest in neotropical birds was awakened. It was Carl Eduard Hellmayr and Frank Michler Chapman who lured him to the American Museum of Natural History as deputy curator in 1930. In 1935 he was promoted to executive curator and in 1942 to curator. He had an intensive working relationship with William Henry Phelps Sr. in Caracas. He visited Phleps twice and together with him published articles on birds from Venezuela . He also had a very good relationship with James Lee Peters . When Glover Morrill Allen died in 1942 , he also took on the post of editor of the ornithological magazine The Auk . James Paul Chapin , then President of the American Ornithologists' Union , proposed him for this position at the time. In 1954 he took over from Robert Cushman Murphy as chairman of the museum's ornithological department. A short time later, Zimmer became seriously ill that he ended up in a wheelchair.

Honors

In 1952 Zimmer was awarded the William Brewster Medal for his meticulous records and contributions to avifauna in the birds of South America . The decision committee justified the decision in their report with the words:

“ His series of reports began in 1931 and continues to this day. All were published in the American Museum Novitates magazine under the title Studies of Peruvian Birds. They contain an extremely thorough and error-free researched taxonomic classification of the majority of all South American genera. The reports represent an excellent basis for students of the avifauna of South America. They are characterized by a high degree of precision, good taxonomic assessment and all-embracing. "

He was a fellow of both The Explorers Club of New York and the American Ornithologists' Union.

Dedication names

In 1977 Melvin Alvah Traylor junior Zimmer dedicated the genus Zimmerius for his contribution to the systematics of the neotropical birds and the unique contributions to the patterns on the wings of this genus. In 1936 Osgood named a type of white-toothed shrew from the southeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the name Crocidura zimmeri . The rust-bellied thicket panties ( Synallaxis zimmeri ) ( Koepcke , 1957) and the gray-throated tapaculo ( Scytalopus zimmeri ) ( Bond & Meyer de Schauensee , 1940) also honor Zimmer in their scientific name. In English, the common name Zimmer's Flatbill ( Tolmomyias flaviventris zimmeri ) (Bond, 1947) was introduced for a subspecies of the yellow-bellied broad-billed tyrant ( Tolmomyias flaviventris ) ( Wied-Neuwied , 1831) .

Other authors named a subspecies in honor of Zimmer. I.a. the following subspecies were dedicated to rooms:

Initial descriptions

Zimmer was the first author of a genus , as well as numerous species and subspecies.

Genera

Bird species

The following new bird species were described by Zimmer, in part together with William Henry Phelps:

Fonts

  • John Todd Zimmer, Wilfred Hudson Osgood : Catalog of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. Martino Pub, 1996, ISBN 978-1-888262-07-0 .
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps: New species and subspecies of birds from Venezuela , 1270 edition of American Museum novitates, Volume 1, 1944
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps: New species and subspecies of birds from Venezuela , 1274 edition of American Museum novitates, Volume 2, 1944
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps: Twenty-three new subspecies of birds from Venezuela and Brazil . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1312 , 1946, pp. 1–24 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 4.3 MB ]).
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps: Four new subspecies of birds from Venezuela , 1395 edition of American Museum novitates, 1949
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps: A new name for Basileuterus culicivorus roraimae , 1412 edition of American Museum novitates, 1949
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps: Three new Venezuelan birds , 1455 edition of American Museum novitates, 1950
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps: New subspecies of birds from Surinam and Venezuela , 1511 edition of American Museum novitates, 1951
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps: New birds from Venezuela , 1544 edition of American Museum novitates, 1952
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps, Ernest Thomas Gilliard: A new race of the honey-creeper, Diglossa cyanea , from Venezuela , 1603 edition of American Museum novitates, 1952
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps, George Kruck Cherrie, Stella M. Cherrie: Three new subspecies of birds from Venezuela , 1709 edition of American Museum novitates, 1955
  • John Todd Zimmer, William Henry Phelps, Albert Mocquerys: A new flycatcher from Venezuela: with remarks on the Mocquerys collection and the piculet, Picumnus squamulatus , 1657 edition of American Museum novitates, 1954
  • John Todd Zimmer: The Central American forms of the musician wren, Cyphorhinus lawrencii . In: American Museum novitates . No. 573 , 1932, pp. 1–24 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 435 kB ]).
  • Ernst Mayr, John Todd Zimmer: Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition: Notes on Neolalage banksiana (Gray) , Volume 26, Issue 665 of American Museum novitates, 1933
  • Charles Vaurie, John Todd Zimmer: An ornithological gazetteer of Peru: based on information compiled by JT Zimmer , issue 2491 of American Museum novitates, 1972
  • The Pentatomidae of Nebraska , Nebraska University Studies, 1911
  • Birds of the Thomas County Forest Reserve , Proc. Nebraska Ornith. Union, 1913
  • A few rare birds from Luzon, Mindanao and Mindoro , Philippine Journal of Science, 1918
  • Some notes on the birds of Southern Palawan and adjacent islands , Philippine Journal of Science, 1918
  • The wild turkey , Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological leaflet, 1924
  • New birds from central Peru , Museum of Natural History, Zoological series, 1924
  • Two new birds from Peru , Museum of Natural History, Zoological series, 1925
  • John Todd Zimmer, Wilfred Hudson Osgood: Catalog of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library . In: Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological series . tape 16 , 239 (part 1), 1926, pp. 1–364 ( online [accessed February 16, 2014]).
  • John Todd Zimmer, Wilfred Hudson Osgood: Catalog of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library . In: Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological series . tape 16 , 240 (part 2), 1926, pp. 365-706 ( online [accessed February 16, 2014]).
  • A study of the tooth-billed red tanager Piranga flava , Museum of Natural History, Zoological series, 1929
  • The birds of the neotropical genus Deconychura , Museum of Natural History, Zoological series, 1929
  • Birds of the Marshall Field Peruvian Expedition, 1922–1923 , Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological series, 1930
  • Obituary: Frank Michler Chapman , American Naturalist, 1946, Vol 80, pages 476-481
  • In Memoriam-Carl Eduard Hellmayr . The Auk, Vol. 61, Oct 1944, pp. 616-622
  • Notes on tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) , 1605 edition of American Museum novitates, 1953
  • Further notes on tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) , 1749 edition of American Museum novitates, 1955
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: New and other birds from Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil , Volume 1, Edition 500 of American Museum novitates, 1931
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Peruvian forms of the genera Microbates, Ramphocaenus, Sclateria, Pyriglena, Pithys, Drymophila, and Liosceles , Volume 2, Issue 509 of American Museum novitates, 1931
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genus Myrmotherula in Peru, with notes on extralimital forms , Volume 3, Part 1, Issue 523 of American Museum novitates, 1932
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genus Myrmotherula in Peru, with notes on extralimital forms , Volume 3, Part 2, Issue 524 of American Museum novitates, 1932
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Herpsilochmus, Microrhopias, Formicivora, Hypocnemis, Hypocnemoides, and Myrmochanes , Volume 5, Issue 538 of American Museum novitates, 1932
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The Formicarian genera Myrmoborus and Myrmeciza in Peru , Volume 6, Issue 545 of American Museum novitates, 1932
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Pygiptila, Megastictus, Dysithamnus, Thamnomanes, Cercomacra, and Phlegopsis , Volume 7, Issue 558 of American Museum novitates, 1932
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The Formicarian genera Cymbilaimus, Thamnistes, Terenura, Peronostola, Formicarius, Chamaeza, and Rhegmatorhina , Volume 8, Issue 584 of American Museum novitates, 1932
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The formicarian genus Thamnophilus , Volume 10, Part 1, Issue 646, from American Museum novitates, 1933
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The formicarian genus Thamnophilus , Volume 10, Part 2, Issue 647, from American Museum novitates, 1933
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Taraba and Sakesphorus , Volume 11, Issue 668, from American Museum novitates, 1933
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on Hylophylax, Myrmothera, and Grallaria , Volume 12, Issue 703, from American Museum novitates, 1934
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Dendrexetastes, Campyloramphus, and Dendrocincla , Volume 13, Issue 728, from American Museum novitates, 1934
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Dendrocolaptes, Hylexetastes, Xiphocolaptes, Dendroplex, and Lepidocolaptes , Volume 14, Issue 753, from American Museum novitates, 1934
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genus Xiphorhynchus , Volume 15, Issue 756, from American Museum novitates, 1934
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Glyphorhynchus, Sittasomus, Deconychura, Margarornis, Premnornis, Premnoplex, and Sclerurus , Volume 16, Issue 757, from American Museum novitates, 1934
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Syndactyla, Anabacerthia, Philydor, and Automolus , Volume 17, Issue 785, from American Museum novitates, 1935
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Diagnoses of new species and subspecies of Furnariidae from Perú and other parts of South America , Volume 18, Issue 819, from American Museum novitates, 1935
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Geositta, Furnarius, Phleocryptes, Certhiaxis, Cranioleuca, and Asthenes , Volume 19, Issue 860, from American Museum novitates, 1936
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genus Synallaxis , Volume 20, Issue 861, from American Museum novitates, 1936
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Pseudocolaptes, Hyloctistes, Hylocryptus, Thripadectes, and Xenops , Volume 21, Issue 862, from American Museum novitates, 1936
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the Pipridae , Volume 22, Issue 889, from American Museum novitates, 1936
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on Doliornis, Pipreola, Attila, Laniocera, Rhytipterna, and Lipaugus , Issue 23, Issue 893, from American Museum novitates, 1936
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on Pachyramphus, Platypsaris, Tityra, and Pyroderus , Issue 24, Issue 894, from American Museum novitates, 1936
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Thamnophilus, Thamnocharis, Gymnopithys, and Ramphocaenus , Issue 25, Issue 917, from American Museum novitates, 1937
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Agriornis, Muscisaxicola, Myiotheretes, Ochthoeca, Colonia, Knipolegus, Phaeotriccus, Fluvicola, and Ramphotrigon , Issue 26, Issue 930, from American Museum novitates, 1937
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Muscivora, Tyrannus, Empidonomus, and Sirystes, with further notes on Knipolegus , Issue 27, Issue 962, from American Museum novitates, 1937
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Myiodynastes, Conopias, Myiozetetes, and Pitangus , Issue 28, Issue 963, from American Museum novitates, 1937
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Myiarchus, Mitrephanes, and Cnemotriccus , Issue 29, Issue 994, from American Museum novitates, 1938
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Contopus, Empidonax, Terenotriccus, and Myiobius , Issue 30, Issue 1042, from American Museum novitates, 1939
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Myiotriccus, Pyrrhomyias, Myiophobus, Onychorhynchus, Platyrinchus, Cnipodectes, Sayornis, and Nuttallornis , Issue 31, Issue 1043, from American Museum novitates, 1939
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genus Scytalopus , issue 32, issue 1044, from American Museum novitates, 1939
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Tolmomyias and Rhynchocyclus with further notes on Ramphotrigon , Issue 33, Issue 1045, from American Museum novitates, 1939
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Todirostrum, Euscarthmornis, Snethlagea, Poecilotriccus, Lophotriccus, Myiornis, Pseudotriccus and Hemitriccus , Issue 34, Issue 1066, from American Museum novitates, 1940
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Phylloscartes, Euscarthmus, Pseudocolopteryx, Tachuris, Spizitornis, Yanacea, Uromyias, Stigmatura, Serpophaga, and Mecocerculus , issue 35, issue 1095, from American Museum novitates, 1940
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Elaenia and Myiopagis , issue 36, issue 1108, from American Museum novitates, 1941
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Sublegatus, Phaeomyias, Camptostoma, Xanthomyias, Phyllomyias, and Tyranniscus , Issue 37, Issue 1109, from American Museum novitates, 1941
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genus Vireo , issue 39, issue 1127, from American Museum novitates, 1941
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genus Veniliornis , issue 40, issue 1159, from American Museum novitates, 1942
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Hylophilus, Smaragdolanius, and Cyclarhis , issue 41, issue 1160, from American Museum novitates, 1942
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genus Polioptila , issue 42, issue 1168, from American Museum novitates, 1942
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Dacnis, Xenodacnis, Coereba, Conirostrum, and Oreomanes , Issue 43, Issue 1193, from American Museum novitates, 1942
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on the genera Diglossa and Cyanerpes, with addenda to Ochthoeca , Issue 44, Issue 1203, from American Museum novitates, 1942
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Tersina, Chlorophonia, Tanagra, Tanagrella, Chlorochrysa, and Pipraeidea , Issue 45, Issue 1225, from American Museum novitates, 1943
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genus Tangara , issue 46, issue 1245, part 1, from American Museum novitates, 1943
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genus Tangara , issue 46, issue 1246, part 2, from American Museum novitates, 1943
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Iridosornis, Delothraupis, Anisognathus, Buthraupis, Compsocoma, Dubusia, and Thraupis , issue 48, issue 1262, from American Museum novitates, 1944
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: Notes on Frederickena and Ochthoeca , Issue 49, Issue 1263, from American Museum novitates, 1944
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Ramphocelus, Piranga, Habia, Lanio, and Tachyphonus , Issue 50, Issue 1304, from American Museum novitates, 1945
  • with William Henry Phelps: Seven new subspecies of birds from Venezuela and Brazil . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1338 , 1947, pp. 1–7 (English, digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 973 kB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Chlorothraupis, Creurgops, Eucometis, Trichothraupis, Nemosia, Hemithraupis, and Thlypopsis, with additional notes on Piranga , Issue 51, Issue 1345, from American Museum novitates, 1947
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The genera Sericossypha, Cholorospingus, Cnemoscopus, Hemispingus, Conothra Upis, Chlorornis, Lamprospiza , American Museum Novitates, Issue 52, Issue 1367, 1947
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The family Trogonidae , issue 53, issue 1380, from American Museum novitates, 1948
  • Studies of Peruvian birds: The families Catamblyrhynchidae and Parulidae , Issue 54, Issue 1428, from American Museum novitates, 1949
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 55, The hummingbird genera Doryfera, Glaucis, Threnetes, and Phaethornis . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1449 , 1950, pp. 1–51 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 4.5 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 56, The genera Eutoxeres, Campylopterus, Eupetomena, and Florisuga . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1450 , 1950, pp. 1–14 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 1,3 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 57, The genera Colibri, Anthracothorax, Klais, Lophornis, and Chlorestes . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1463 , 1950, pp. 1–28 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 2.7 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 58, The genera Chlorostilbon, Thalurania, Hylocharis, and Chrysuronia . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1474 , 1950, pp. 1–31 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 2.9 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 59, The genera Polytmus, Leucippus, and Amazilia . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1475 , 1950, pp. 1–27 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 2.5 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 60, The genera Heliodoxa, Phlogophilus, Urosticte, Polyplancta, Adelomyia, Coeligena, Ensifera, Oreotrochilus and Topaza . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1513 , 1951, pp. 1–45 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 4.1 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 61, The genera Aglaeactis, Lafresnaya, Pterophanes, Boissonneaua, Heliangelus, Eriocnemis, Haplophaedia, Ocreatus, and Lesbia . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1540 , 1951, pp. 1–55 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 5.1 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 62, The hummingbird genera Patagona, Sappho, Polyonymus, Ramphomicron, Metallura, Chalcostigma, Taphrolesbia, and Aglaiocercus . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1595 , 1952, pp. 1–29 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 2.5 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 63, The hummingbird genera Oreonympha, Schistes, Heliothryx, Loddigesia, Heliomaster, Rhodopis, Thaumastura, Calliphlox, Myrtis, Myrmia, and Acestrura . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1604 , 1953, pp. 1–26 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 64, The swifts, family Apodidae . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1609 , 1953, pp. 1–20 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 1.7 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 65, The jays (Corvidae) and pipits (Motacillidae) . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1649 , 1953, pp. 1–35 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).
  • Studies of Peruvian birds. No. 66, The swallows (Hirundinidae) . In: American Museum novitates . No. 1723 , 1955, pp. 1–35 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).

literature

  • Robert Cushman Murphy , Dean Amadon : In memoriam: John Todd Zimmer . In: The Auk . tape 76 , no. 4 , 1959, pp. 418-423 ( online [PDF; 370 kB ; accessed on January 18, 2012]).
  • Albert Wolfson: The Seventieth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union . In: The Auk . tape 70 , no. 2 , 1953, p. 183–195 ( online [PDF; 712 kB ; accessed on January 18, 2012]).
  • Jürgen Haffer : Ornithology, Evolution, and Philosophy: The Life and Science of Ernst Mayr 1904-2005 . Springer, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-71778-2 .
  • Stephen Edward Nash, Gary M. Feinman: Curators, Collections, and Contexts: Anthropology at the Field Museum, 1893-2002 . In: Fieldiana . No. 36 , 2003, p. 1–333 ( online [accessed January 18, 2012]).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Cushman Murphy et al. a., p. 418 f.
  2. ↑ Stephen Edward Nash, pp. 117 f
  3. ^ Albert Wolfson, p. 186
personal data
SURNAME Room, john todd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zimmer, John T.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Bridgeport
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1957
Place of death White Plains