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  2. Maria Koepcke - Wikipedia

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    Maria Koepcke (born Maria Emilie Anna von Mikulicz-Radecki, 15 May 1924 – c. 24 December 1971) was a German ornithologist known for her work with Neotropical bird species. Koepcke was a well-respected authority in South American ornithology and her work is still referenced today. For her efforts, she is commemorated in the scientific names of ...

  3. Juliane Koepcke - Wikipedia

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    Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats. The daughter of German zoologists Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke, lightning struck the 1971 LANSA Flight 508 where she became the sole survivor of the crash. She fell 3,000 m (10,000 ft) while strapped to her seat and suffered ...

  4. List of German women photographers - Wikipedia

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    Frieda Riess (1890–c. 1955), German portrait photographer in the 1920s with a studio in central Berlin; Tata Ronkholz (1940–1997) Hildegard Rosenthal (1913–1990), German photographer who became a photojournalist and a noted photographer after her emigration to Brazil.

  5. List of birds of South America - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of bird species recorded in South America. South America is the "Bird Continent": It boasts records of 3486 species, more than any other. (Much larger Eurasia is second with 3467.) Colombia's list alone numbers 1907 confirmed species, and both Brazil's and Peru's confirmed lists also exceed 1850.

  6. Annemarie Heinrich - Wikipedia

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    Annemarie Heinrich (9 January 1912 – 22 September 2005) was a German-born naturalized Argentine photographer, who specialized in portraits and nude photographs. Heinrich is considered one of Argentina's most important photographers.

  7. Maria Sibylla Merian - Wikipedia

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    She and her daughter Johanna sold flower pictures to art collector Agnes Block. By 1698 Merian lived in a well-furnished house on Kerkstraat. [10]: 166 In 1699, the city of Amsterdam granted Merian permission to travel to Suriname in South America, along with her younger daughter Dorothea Maria. On 10 July, the fifty-two year old Merian and her ...

  8. List of birds of Germany - Wikipedia

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    The Golden eagle (Steinadler) is the national bird of Germany. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Germany.The avifauna of Germany includes a total of 527 confirmed species as of December 2016, according to the German Ornithologists' Society (Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (DO-G), published in October 2019; [1] four more were added up to 2021. [2]

  9. Germaine Krull - Wikipedia

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    Germaine Luise Krull (20 November 1897 – 31 July 1985) was a photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. [1] Her nationality has been categorized as German, [2] French, [3] and Dutch, [4] but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India. [1]