Frederick Bulstrode Lawson Whitlock

Frederick Bulstrode Lawson Whitlock (1860-1953) was an ornithological writer and oölogist, active in England and across Western Australia.

Frederick Bulstrode Lawson Whitlock
Born3 June 1860
DiedJune 15, 1953(1953-06-15) (aged 93)
Occupation(s)ornithologist, entomologist, author
EmployerWestern Australian Museum Boola Bardip

The first years of his life, living in England, he became known as F.B. Whitlock. Later in life, in Australia, his name was mostly written as F.L. Whitlock, or F. Lawson Whitlock.

He is noted for his many expeditions to remote regions of Australia, collecting the eggs and nests of birds and recording their behaviour. His notes and specimens were often of little known or new bird populations, generating new names and descriptions. Whitlock's specimens and notes on Conopophila whitei, the grey honeyeater, are regarded as the last new species to be 'discovered' in the state,.

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