Jules Bourcier
Claude Marie Jules Bourcier was a French naturalist.
Bourcier was an expert on hummingbirds, and named a number of new species, either alone or with other ornithologists; such as Adolphe Delattre and Martial Etienne Mulsant.
The following hummingbird species bear his name:
A species of South American snake, Saphenophis boursieri, was named in his honor by Giorgio Jan in 1867.
Bourcier was the French consul to Ecuador from 1849 to 1850. In 1857 he became a corresponding member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon.Publications
