Christian Ludwig Nitzsch (3 September 1782 – 16 August 1837) was a German zoologist. He is best remembered for his approach to classifying birds on the basis of their feather tract distributions or pterylosis of their young.[1][2]
- ^ Nitzsch, CL (1867). Pterylography (translated from German by PL Sclater). Ray Society, London.
- ^ Clark HL & JA Allen (1893). "A Neglected Branch of Ornithology". Auk. 10 (1): 93–95. doi:10.2307/4067928. JSTOR 4067928.