Cabanis, Jean Louis (1816-1906) German ornithologist Berlin Museum.
Named genera:
Tryngites 1857 = Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
Microparra 1877 = Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
Named species:
Ereunetes Mauri 1857 = Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Oedicnemus vermiculatus 1868 = Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
Ægialitis gracilis 1872 = Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
Named subspecies:
C. n. occidentalis 1858 = Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus occidentalis
O. v. vermiculatus 1868 = Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus
C. t. bifrontalis 1882 = Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris bifrontalis
C. m. mechowi 1884 = White-fronted plover Charadrius marginatus mechowi