Peter R. Colston (born 1935) is an English

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

. Colston was Senior Curator at the

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until his retirement in 1995. He joined the staff of the museum in 1961, and made collecting trips to

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, Australia and

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. He became an expert on African birds, publishing description of four new species, including Appert's greenbul. Between 1989 and 1995 he made private trips to China, with

Per Alström ''Per'' Johan Alström (born 9 April 1961) is a Swedish Professor of ornithology. He researches in taxonomy, systematics, and evolution, with birds in Asia as a specialty. Alström works at the Department of Ecology and Genetics (Animal Ecology) a ...

and

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, where they discovered three previously undescribed ''Phylloscopus'' warblers.

Works

*''A Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain & Europe'' (with

Ian Lewington Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in S ...

and Per Alström) *''The Waders of Britain and Europe'' (with Philip Burton) *''BIRDS of MOUNT NIMBA West Africa LIBERIA (1986) (with Kai Curry-Lindahl)

References

*Beolens, B. & Watkins, M. - ''Whose Bird?'' 1935 births Living people English ornithologists English curators {{UK-ornithologist-stub