What is Louis Pierre Vieillot?
'''Louis Pierre Vieillot''' (10 May 1748, [[Yvetot]] - 1831, [[Rouen]]) was a [[France|French]] [[ornithologist]]. Vieillot [[wikt:describe|described]] a large number of birds for the first time. These included birds he saw during the time he spent in the [[West Indies]] and [[North America]]. 26 [[genera]] and 32 [[species]] of North American birds were first described by him.<ref name=pdf>{{cite web|url= http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v065n04/p0568-p0576.pdf|title= Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748-1831) PDF|access-date= 2012-08-09|last= Oehser|first= Paul H.|pages= 1|archive-date= 2012-07-16|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120716193644/http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v065n04/p0568-p0576.pdf|url-status= dead}}</ref> Most of the well-known North American birds, such as the [[Wild Turkey]], the [[Pintail]], the [[Cedar Waxwing]], and the [[Scarlet Tanager]], were given their scientific names by him.<ref name=pdf/> == References == <references/> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vieillot, Louis Pierre}} [[Category:1748 births]] [[Category:1831 deaths]] [[Category:Ornithologists]] [[Category:French scientists]]