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* [[Harvey Gilston]]: "nearly 8,000"<ref>[http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20050512/out1.htm]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref> |
* [[Harvey Gilston]]: "nearly 8,000"<ref>[http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20050512/out1.htm]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref> |
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* [[Peter Kaestner]]: 7,958,<ref>[http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20050512/out1.htm]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref> first birder to see a representative of every family in the world |
* [[Peter Kaestner]]: 7,958,<ref>[http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20050512/out1.htm]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref> first birder to see a representative of every family in the world |
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* [[Claes-Göran Cederlund]]:7,957 <ref>[http://www.globaltwitcher.com/user_profile.asp?userid=37] |
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* [[Pete Winter]]: more than 7,700 species <ref>[http://www.mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2003/12/10.htm The World's Best Birdwatcher<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
* [[Pete Winter]]: more than 7,700 species <ref>[http://www.mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2003/12/10.htm The World's Best Birdwatcher<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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* [[John Danzenbaker]]: 7,529<ref>[http://www.dvoc.org/Personnel/DanzenbakerJ.htm John Danzenbaker, Fellow of the DVOC]</ref> |
* [[John Danzenbaker]]: 7,529<ref>[http://www.dvoc.org/Personnel/DanzenbakerJ.htm John Danzenbaker, Fellow of the DVOC]</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:12, 4 September 2009
This is a list of the world's greatest birdwatchers, based on the number of species of birds seen. Depending on the taxonomic viewpoint, there are about 8,800–10,200 living bird species.
- Phoebe Snetsinger: more than 8,450 species in the wild (killed when her bus rolled over just as she was checking 8,451)[1]
- Tom Gulick: 8,114[2]
- Harvey Gilston: "nearly 8,000"[3]
- Peter Kaestner: 7,958,[4] first birder to see a representative of every family in the world
- Claes-Göran Cederlund:7,957 Cite error: A
<ref>tag is missing the closing</ref>(see the help page). - John Danzenbaker: 7,529[5]
- Jim Clements: 7,200[6]
- Richard Koeppel: over 7,000
- Roger Tory Peterson: numbers in the thousands, noted mainly for his books studying birds and promoting birdwatching
- John James Audubon: numbers unknown, an early pioneer in nature studies
Birdwatchers famous for achievements in other fields
- Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke British Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War
- Jimmy Carter President of the United States
- Fidel Castro President of Cuba.
- Agatha Christie Author and playwright
- Jared Diamond American geographer, evolutionary biologist, physiologist, lecturer, and nonfiction author
- Ernst Mayr evolutionary biologist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science
- Ian Fleming Author
- Meriwether Lewis Explorer
- Patrick O'Brian Author
- Bill Oddie Actor, Comedian, Television Presenter
- George Plimpton Author
- Teddy Roosevelt President of the United States
- James D. Watson Nobel laureate, molecular biologist, and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
- E. B. White Author
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