List of birdwatchers

This is a list of notable birdwatchers and of people who are notable in their own right but also happen to be birdwatchers.

First are listed birdwatchers with large life lists, which is based on the number of species of birds each of them has/had seen. Depending on the taxonomic viewpoint, there are 10,721 (Clements V2019) or 10,787 (IOC ver. 10.2) living bird species recognised.

Large life lists

As of 26 October 2020 according to the Surfbirds website, there are 56 birdwatchers who have added 8,000 species of bird or more to their life list. These include:

  • Claes-Göran Cederlund: 9,694[1] (deceased 2020)
  • Peter Kaestner: 9,450[1] / 9,266[2] Discovered the Cundinamarca antpitta (Grallaria kaestneri), which was subsequently named after him. First birder to see a representative of each of the world's (currently 247 [2019 eBird/Clements list] or 250 [2019 IOC list]) bird families.
  • Phoebe Snetsinger: 8,398 (deceased 1999). First person ever to see 8,000 species. At time of death she was World #1.[3]

Other notable birdwatchers

Birdwatchers famous for achievements in other fields

See also

References
  1. "World Bird Species Life List". surfbirds.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. https://ebird.org/home
  3. Graham, Frank Jr. (May–June 2009). "The Endless Race: A new biography explores the remarkable accomplishments of Phoebe Snetsinger, the first birder to list 8,000 species". Audubon Magazine. National Audubon Society. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  4. John Danzenbaker, Fellow of the DVOC
  5. National Zoo Archived 2011-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Copping, Jasper (10 August 2008). "Birdwatching back in fashion with Rutland fair". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  7. Birding. 49:1 46-50 (2017)
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