List of birdwatchers
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
- Pete Winter: more than 7,700 species [5]
- John Danzenbaker: 7,529[6]
- Jim Clements: 7,200[7]
- 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
- Jeremy Clarkson Journalist, Television Presenter
- Ian Fleming Author
- Meriwether Lewis Explorer
- Abraham Lincoln President of the United States
- 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 discoverer of the structure of DNA
- E. B. White Author
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