Famous ornithologists

scientist who studies birds

446 people

All Alive Deceased
Émile Oustalet

Émile Oustalet

1844 – 1905 · Age 61
Deceased
Osbert Salvin

Osbert Salvin

1835 – 1898 · Age 63
Deceased
George Edwards

George Edwards

1694 – 1773 · Age 79
Deceased
Charles Wallace Richmond

Charles Wallace Richmond

1868 – 1932 · Age 63
Deceased
William John Burchell

William John Burchell

1781 – 1863 · Age 81
Deceased
Peter Scott

Peter Scott

1909 – 1989 · Age 79
Deceased
Johann Gottlieb Georgi

Johann Gottlieb Georgi

1729 – 1802 · Age 72
Deceased
Alexander Keyserling

Alexander Keyserling

1815 – 1891 · Age 75
Deceased
Alfred Grandidier

Alfred Grandidier

1836 – 1921 · Age 84
Deceased
Daniel Giraud Elliot

Daniel Giraud Elliot

1835 – 1915 · Age 80
Deceased
Rudolf Amandus Philippi

Rudolf Amandus Philippi

1808 – 1904 · Age 95
Deceased
Alexander Wilson

Alexander Wilson

1766 – 1813 · Age 47
Deceased
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Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen

1760 – 1806 · Age 45
Deceased
George Newbold Lawrence

George Newbold Lawrence

1806 – 1895 · Age 88
Deceased
Johann Friedrich Naumann

Johann Friedrich Naumann

1780 – 1857 · Age 77
Deceased
Joseph Franz von Jacquin

Joseph Franz von Jacquin

1766 – 1839 · Age 73
Deceased
Elliott Coues

Elliott Coues

1842 – 1899 · Age 57
Deceased
Thomas Hardwicke

Thomas Hardwicke

1755 – 1835 · Age 80
Deceased
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Charles Sibley

1917 – 1998 · Age 80
Deceased
Amotz Zahavi

Amotz Zahavi

1928 – 2017 · Age 88
Deceased
Eduard Friedrich Poeppig

Eduard Friedrich Poeppig

1798 – 1868 · Age 70
Deceased
Adolf Bernhard Meyer

Adolf Bernhard Meyer

1840 – 1911 · Age 70
Deceased
Hubert Wilkins

Hubert Wilkins

1888 – 1958 · Age 70
Deceased
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William Robert Ogilvie-Grant

1863 – 1924 · Age 61
Deceased
William Henry Hudson

William Henry Hudson

1841 – 1922 · Age 81
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q1225716