Carl Hunstein was a German administrator, ornithologist and plant collector.

Hunstein was born in Homberg/Efze, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. He emigrated to America

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and from 1885 until his death was employed by the German New Guinea Company

German New Guinea Company

The German New Guinea Company was a German Chartered Company which exploited insular territory in and near present Papua New Guinea.- History :...

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He was the most successful discoverer of new species of birds of paradise by discovering Brown Sicklebill

Brown Sicklebill

The Brown Sickbill, Epimachus meyeri is a large, up to 96 cm long, dark blue and green bird-of-paradise with highly iridescent plumages, a sickle-shaped bill, pale blue iris and brown underparts. The male is adorned with ornamental plumes on the sides of its rear and a huge sabre-shaped...

, Stephanie's Astrapia

Stephanie's Astrapia

Princess Stephanie's Astrapia, Astrapia stephaniae, also known as Stephanie's Astrapia, is a medium-sized, approximately 37 cm long, black bird of paradise with an iridescent blue-green and purple head, silky plumage below and two very long, broad purplish-black central tail feathers...

, Blue Bird of Paradise

Blue Bird of Paradise

The Blue Bird-of-paradise, , is a medium-sized bird-of-paradise.Regarded by some ornithologists as the loveliest of all birds, the Blue Bird-of-paradise was discovered by Carl Hunstein in 1884...

 and Emperor Bird of Paradise

Emperor Bird of Paradise

The Emperor Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea guilielmi, also known as Emperor of Germany's Bird-of-paradise is a large, approximately 33 cm long, yellow and brown bird-of-paradise with a reddish-brown iris, bluish-grey bill and purplish-brown legs. The male has an extensive dark emerald green face...

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Hunstein lost his life when a tsunami, caused by the Ritter Island volcano, hit the coast of New Britain

New Britain

New Britain, or Niu Briten, is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier and Vitiaz Straits and from New Ireland by St. George's Channel...

 of Bismarck Archipelago

Bismarck Archipelago

The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea.-History:...

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He is commemorated in New Guinea

New Guinea

New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

 by the Hunstein Mountains and the Hunstein Forest, and in plants and animals including the Mottled Munia

Mottled Munia

The Mottled Munia Lonchura hunsteini is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea. This species is also introduced to Federated States of Micronesia. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry grassland habitat....

 Lonchura hunsteini and Cyathea hunsteiniana

Cyathea hunsteiniana

Cyathea hunsteiniana is a species of tree fern endemic to eastern New Guinea, where it grows in rain forest at an altitude of 1300-2000 m. This species has a slender, erect trunk up to 1 m tall and about 3 cm in diameter. Fronds are bipinnate and approximately 1 m in length. Scattered scales cover...

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