Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1748–1804) German naturalist and Professor of Medicine.
Named species:
Charadrius scolopax 1774 = Eurasian Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Charadrius fulvus 1788 = Pacific Golden Plover Pluviais fulva
Charadrius nævius 1788 = Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Tetrao Suscitator 1789 = Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
Tetrao nigricollis 1789 = Madagascan Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
R. americana 1789 = American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Charadrius rubricollis 1789 = Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus
Charadrius novae-seelandiae 1789 = Shore Plover Thinornis novaeseelandiae
S. minor 1789 = American Woodcock Scolopax minor
Scolopax grisea 1789 = Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus grisea
Scolopax tahitiensis 1789 = Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
Scolopax melanoleuca 1789 = Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melonoleuca
Scolopax flavipes 1789 = Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Scolopax incana 1789 = Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
Scolopax semipalmata 1789 = Willet Tringa semipalmata
Tringa cancellata 1789 = Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata
Tringa virgata 1789 = Surfbird Calidris virgata
Vaginilis alba 1789 = Snowy Sheathbill Chionis alba
Parra cayennensis 1789 = Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
C. curonicus 1789 = Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus
Named subspecies:
Scolopax g. grisea 1789 = Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus grisea grisea
Scolopax s. semipalmata 1789 = Willet Tringa semipalmata semipalmata