Lester L. Short

Lester Leroy Short ( * May 29, 1933 in Port Chester, NY) is an American ornithologist. His main research field is the order of Piciformes.

Life and work

1955 Short graduated Bachelor of Science from Cornell University. After studying zoology at Charles Sibley at Cornell University in 1959, he wrote his doctoral thesis entitled Hybridization in the Flickers ( Colaptes ) of North America. From 1960 to 1962 he was a visiting professor at Adelphi University. From 1963 to 1966 he worked for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. From 1966 to 1997 he was curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History. In this position, he undertook expeditions to South America, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific. In 1972, Short part in an expedition to explore the Okinawa woodpecker. Following the publication of the expedition results 1973 in Wilson Bulletin, the American public was made aware of the serious threat to nature and a planned construction of U.S. Navy facilities in the only habitat - the Yambaru forest in northern Okinawa - was questioned and ultimately prevents. 1986 and 1987 was one short of a team of Cuban and American ornithologists, who managed to watch the -lost - Cuba ivory woodpecker ( Campephilus principalis bairdii ) for a short time. This was the last reliable proof of the subspecies.

To Shorts famous books is one Woodpeckers of the World (1982). In addition, he wrote more than 250 scientific articles, including the first descriptions of the scientific Gelbaugenstärling and Caatingaspecht. 1978 Short married in Kenya, the ornithologist and Bioakustikerin Jennifer Horne, who died in 2008.

Works (selection)

  • Hybridization in the Flickers ( Colaptes ) of North America, 1959
  • Aves nuevas o poco comunes Corrientes, Republica Argentina, 1971
  • Habits, Relationships, and Conservation of the Okinawa Woodpecker The Wilson Bulletin Vol 85, No. March 1, 1973 ( PDF, 1.0 MB)
  • Birds of the World, 1975 ( engl Birds, 1978)
  • Woodpeckers of the World, 1982
  • The Birdwatcher's Book of Lists: Lists for Recreation and Recordkeeping, 1987
  • Annotated check -list of the Birds of East Africa, 1990
  • The Birdwatcher's Book of Lists: Western Region, 1992
  • The Birdwatcher's Book of Lists: Eastern Region, 1992
  • The Lives of Birds: Birds of the World and Their Behavior, 1993
  • Toucans, Barbets and Honey Guides: Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae (Bird Families of the World ), 2001
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