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Musée
Ornithologique
Charles Payraudeau. La Chaize-le-Vicomte.
The museum presents a collection of stuffed birds by the Taxidermist Charles Payraudeau (1798-1865)
He was the first Zoologist to study the wildlife on Corsica in 1826 and discovered two new bird species and 71 new molluscs.
In 1868, the Chaize-le-Vicomte received as a legacy the entire collection of the naturalist Payraudeau. Charles Payraudeau (1798-1865) was the first zoologist who compiled an inventory of the island of Corsica in 1824 and 1825. During this expedition he discovered of two new species of birds, the Audouin's Gull and Shag of Desmarest, as well as 71 new species of marine and terrestrial molluscs (32 species currently valid).
The redevelopment of the museum was completed in 1994 and led to a restoration of the ornithological collection which continues today. The 2,000 species that together comprised of 1,200 Birds of the Western Palaearctic and 800 birds from the Southern Hemisphere (Equatorial Africa, South America, Australia, etc)
Open: all year round Monday to Thursday 8.30h to 12.30 & 14h-17h
Tariff: €2
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Charles Payraudeau. La Chaize-le-Vicomte.
The museum presents a collection of stuffed birds by the Taxidermist Charles Payraudeau (1798-1865)
He was the first Zoologist to study the wildlife on Corsica in 1826 and discovered two new bird species and 71 new molluscs.
In 1868, the Chaize-le-Vicomte received as a legacy the entire collection of the naturalist Payraudeau. Charles Payraudeau (1798-1865) was the first zoologist who compiled an inventory of the island of Corsica in 1824 and 1825. During this expedition he discovered of two new species of birds, the Audouin's Gull and Shag of Desmarest, as well as 71 new species of marine and terrestrial molluscs (32 species currently valid).
The redevelopment of the museum was completed in 1994 and led to a restoration of the ornithological collection which continues today. The 2,000 species that together comprised of 1,200 Birds of the Western Palaearctic and 800 birds from the Southern Hemisphere (Equatorial Africa, South America, Australia, etc)
Open: all year round Monday to Thursday 8.30h to 12.30 & 14h-17h
Tariff: €2
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