Anton Reichenow

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Anton Reichenow (1847 - 1941) was a German ornithologist.

Reichenow was the son-in-law of Jean Cabanis, and worked at the Humboldt Museum from 1874 to 1921. He was an expert on African birds, making a collecting expedition to West Africa in 1872 and 1873, and writing Die Vogel Africas (1900-05). He also wrote Die Vogel der Bismarckinseln (1899). He was editor of the Journal für Ornithologie from 1894 to 1921.

A number of birds are named after him, including Reichenow's Woodpecker, Reichenow's Weaver and Reichenow's Firefinch.