Das Jahr 1873 verbrachte Outram Bangs mit seiner Familie in England. Von 1880 bis 1884 studierte er an der Harvard University. 1890 begann er eine systematische Studie über die Tiere im Osten von Nordamerika. So schrieb er über 70 Bücher und Artikel, allein 55 von ihnen über Säugetiere. Seine Sammlung beinhaltete mehr als 10.000 Säugetierpräparate und -schädel von über hundert verschiedenen Arten. Diese übergab er im Jahre 1899 an das Harvard College. Bangs wurde in Harvard zum Assistenten für die Abteilung Säugetiere ernannt und wurde schließlich 1900 Kurator der Säugetiere im Louis Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology (damals Museum of Comparative Zoology). Neben den Säugetieren galt seine weitere Leidenschaft den Vögeln. So sammelte er 1906 in Jamaika über 100 Vögel, eine Expedition, die wegen einer Erkrankung mit Denguefieber abgebrochen werden musste. 1908 übergab er seine ca.24.000 Vogelpräparate ebenfalls dem Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1925 bereiste er Europa, um Naturkundemuseen und Ornithologen zu besuchen und einen wissenschaftlichen Meinungsaustausch zu pflegen.
Bei den gelegentlich in der Literatur vorkommenden Unterarten Rostflügelammer (Peucaea carpalis bangsi) (Moore, 1932) und Madeira-Wellenlaeufer (Oceanodroma castro bangsi) Nichols, 1914, handelt es sich um ungültige Taxa.
Im Englischen findet man den TrivialnamenBang’s Hummingbird für einen Hybriden aus Zimtbauchamazilie (Amazilia rutila) und Braunschwanzamazilie (Amazilia tzacatl). Im Jahr 1910 hatte Robert Ridgway (1850–1929) das Typusexemplar des Hybriden, welches Bangs gesammelt hatte, erstmals beschrieben. Außerdem fand in der englischsprachigen Literatur Bangs’s Sparrow für Amphispiza bilineata bangsi und Bangs’s Black Parrot für Coracopsis nigra libs Einzug. Mit Bangs’s Mountain Squirrel für Syntheosciurus brochus, welches er 1902 als Erster beschrieb, findet sich sein Name auch in einem Trivialnamen der Säugetiere.
A new raccoon from Nassau Island, Bahamas. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band12, 1898, S.91–92 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
Description of a new fox from Santa Marta, Colombia. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band12, 1898, S.93–94 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
A new murine opossum from Margarita Island. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band12, 1898, S.95–96 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
On some birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band12, 1898, S.131–144 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
On some birds from Pueblo Viejao, Colombia. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band12, Nr.5, 1898, S.157–160 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
Descriptions of some new mammals from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band12, 1899, S.161–165 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
A new race of the little harvest mouse from West Virginia. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band12, 1898, S.167–168 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
On some birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band12, 1898, S.171–182 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
Some New Races of Birds From Eastern North America. In: The Auk. Band15, Nr.2, 1898, S.173–183 (englisch, sora.unm.edu[PDF; 406kB]).
1899
The hummingbirds of the Santa Marta Region of Colombia. In: The Auk. Band16, Nr.2, 1899, S.135–139 (sora.unm.edu[PDF; 295kB]).
The Florida Puma. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band13, 1899, S.15–17 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
On the subspecies of Manacus manacus (Linn.). In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band1, 1899, S.33–37 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
On some new or rare birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band13, 1899, S.91–108 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
On a small collection of birds from San Sebastian, Colombia. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band1, 1899, S.75–88 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1900
Description of a new Rice Grackle. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band2, 1900, S.11–12 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1901
Birds of San Miguel Island, Panama. In: The Auk. Band18, Nr.1, 1901, S.24–32 (sora.unm.edu[PDF; 360kB]).
A new Honey creeper from San Miguel Island, Panama. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band2, 8.Februar 1901, S.51–52 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1902
On a second collection of birds made in Chrique, By W. W. Brown Jr. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band3, 1902, S.15–70 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
Description of ten new birds from the Santa Marta Region of Colombia. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band3, 31.März 1902, S.81–90 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1903
A new Wren from San Miguel Island, Bay of Panama. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band4, 16.März 1903, S.3–4 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
The Louisiana Cardinal. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band4, 1903, S.5–7 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1905
mit John Eliot Thayer, Thomas Barbour:Vertebrata of Gorgona Island, Colombia. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Band46, Nr.5, 1905, S.87–102 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
mit John Eliot Thayer:The Mammals and Birds of the Pearl Islands, Bay of Panama. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Band46, Nr.8, 1905, S.137–160 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
Descriptions of seven new subspecies of American birds. In: Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. Band18, 1905, S.151–156 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1906
Notes on birds from Costa Rica and Chiriqui with descriptions of new forms and new records for Costa Rica. In: Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. Band19, 1906, S.101–112 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1907
On a Collection of Birds from Western Costa Rica. In: The Auk. Band24, Nr.3, 1898, S.287–312 (englisch, unm.edu[PDF; 1,3MB]).
A new race of the Hepatic Tanager. In: Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. Band20, 1907, S.29–30 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1908
On certain Costa Rican Birds. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band4, 19.März 1908, S.23–35 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
mit Morton Eaton Peck:On some rare and new birds from British Honduras. In: Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. Band21, 1908, S.43–46 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
Notes on birds from western Colombia. In: Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. Band21, 1908, S.157–161 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1909
mit John Eliot Thayer:Description of a new subspecies of the Snowy Heron. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band4, 29.April 1909, S.39–41 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1910
New or rare birds from western Colombia. In: Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. Band23, 1910, S.71–75 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
A news Gallinule from the Lesser Antilles. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band4, 1910, S.81–82 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1911
Descriptions of new American birds. In: Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. Band24, 1911, S.187–190 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1913
New birds from Cuba and the Ile of Pines. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band4, Nr.25, 1913, S.89–92 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1914
mit Glover Morrill Allen, John Eliot Thayer:Notes on the Birds and Mammals of the Arctic Coast of East Siberia. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band5, 1914, S.1–66 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
mit John Eliot Thayer:A new song sparrow from Novia Scotia. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band5, 1914, S.67–68 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
mit John Charles Phillips:Notes on a Collection of Birds from Yunnan. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Band58, Nr.6, 1914, S.267–302 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1915
The American forms of Gallinula chloropus (Linn.). In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band5, 1915, S.93–99 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
Three new subspecies of birds from eastern Mexico and Yucatan. In: Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. Band28, 1915, S.125–126 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1918
Notes on the species and subspecies of Paecilonitta Eyton. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band6, 1914, S.87–89 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
mit Gladwyn Kingsley Noble:List of Birds Collected on the Harvard Peruvian Expedition of 1916. In: The Auk. Band35, Nr.4, 1918, S.442–463 (usf.edu[PDF; 959kB]).
mit Thomas Edward Penard:Notes on a collection of Surinam birds. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Band62, Nr.2, 1918, S.25–93 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1919
mit Thomas Edward Penard:Some critical Notes on Birds. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Band63, Nr.2, 1919, S.21–40 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
Notes on South American Short-eared Owls. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band6, 1919, S.95–98 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1920
mit Frederic Hedge Kennard:A list of the birds of Jamaica. Government Printing Office, Kingston, Jamaica 1920 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1921
mit Thomas Edward Penard:Notes on some American Birds, Chiefly Neotropical. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Band64, Nr.4, 1921, S.365–397 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
mit Thomas Edward Penard:Descriptions of six new subspecies of American birds. In: Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington. Band34, 1921, S.89–92 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1922
mit Thomas Edward Penard:The Northern Form of Leptotila fulviventris Lawrence. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band8, 1922, S.29–30 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
mit Thomas Barbour:Birds from Darien. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Band65, Nr.6, 1922, S.191–229 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1924
mit Thomas Edward Penard:The identity of Trochilus ruckeri Bourcier. In: Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. Band5, 1924, S.77–78 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1925
mit John Charles Philipps:A new race of Pelzelns Weaver-Finch. In: Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. Band5, 1925, S.177 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1927
mit James Lee Peters:Birds from the Rain Forest Region of Vera Cruz. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Band67, Nr.15, 1927, S.471–487 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1930
Types of birds now in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. In: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Band70, Nr.4, 1930, S.145–426 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
1931
A Genus for Junco siemsseni Martens. In: Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club. Band12, 1931, S.89–91 (eingeschränkte Vorschauin der Google-Buchsuche).
Robert Thomas Moore:A new race of Aimophila carpalis from Mexico. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band45, 1932, S.231–234 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
Einzelnachweise
12Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins:Whose Bird? Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press, London 2004, ISBN 0-300-10359-X, S.37.
↑Robert Thomas Moore:A new race of Aimophila carpalis from Mexico. In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Band45, 1932, S.231–234, hier S. 232 (biodiversitylibrary.org).