Justin Goudot was a French explorer, and naturalist collector. Goudot, born in the Jura, lived in Bogata. He was attached to Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris as a collector naturalist. He explored in New Granada, South America from 1822 until 1842 having been, from 1822 one of those Frenchmen charged by the New Granada government with founding scientific institutions.

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  • Justin Goudot was a French explorer, and naturalist collector. Goudot, born in the Jura, lived in Bogata. He was attached to Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris as a collector naturalist. He explored in New Granada, South America from 1822 until 1842 having been, from 1822 one of those Frenchmen charged by the New Granada government with founding scientific institutions. From 1828 Goudot began collecting bird skins for the Paris museum which held what was then world’s largest bird collection . He also collected mammals, reptiles molluscs, insects, other invertebrates and botanical material. The Shining-green Hummingbird was named in his honour by Jules Bourcier and René-Primevère Lesson named the Sickle-winged Guan for him. Diptera collected by Goudot were described by Justin Pierre Marie Macquart.
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  • Justin Goudot was a French explorer, and naturalist collector. Goudot, born in the Jura, lived in Bogata. He was attached to Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris as a collector naturalist. He explored in New Granada, South America from 1822 until 1842 having been, from 1822 one of those Frenchmen charged by the New Granada government with founding scientific institutions.
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  • Justin Goudot
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