Johann Natterer

Johann Natterer (1781–1843), Austrian naturalist, ornithologist and explorer. In his past search for parasitic worms in birds, Natterer had studied helminthology at the Naturalien-Cabinete of Vienna’s Hofmuseum under the supervision of Johann Gottfried Bremser Johann Gottfried Bremser (1767–1827), a physician and helminthologist.

1836: Natterer was fascinated by Brazil and stayed abroad for 18 years. He explored the area from Rio de Janeiro to Mato Grosso and British Guyana. Natterer returned to Vienna in 1836 with a Brazilian wife, 3 children, and 37 boxes of collected material, among them 12 000 birds.