List of birdwatchers

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) [ [http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20050512/out1.htm Nature Notes] ]
* Tom Gulick: 8,114 [ [http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20050512/out1.htm] Dead link|date=March 2008]
* Harvey Gilston: "nearly 8,000" [ [http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20050512/out1.htm] Dead link|date=March 2008]
* Peter Kaestner: 7,958, [ [http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20050512/out1.htm] Dead link|date=March 2008] first birder to see a representative of every family in the world
* Pete Winter: more than 7,700 species [ [http://www.mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2003/12/10.htm The World's Best Birdwatcher ] ]
* John Danzenbaker: 7,529 [ [http://www.dvoc.org/Personnel/DanzenbakerJ.htm John Danzenbaker, Fellow of the DVOC] ]
* Jim Clements: 7,200 [ [http://www.easthamptonstar.com/20050512/out1.htm] Dead link|date=March 2008]
* 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
* 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
* 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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