Charles Vaurie

Charles Vaurie (born July 7, 1906 in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne , France , † May 13, 1975 in Reading , Pennsylvania ) was an American dentist , ornithologist , zoologist and paleontologist . His place of work was New York .

Life

Charles Vaurie moved to the United States at a young age . He studied dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania , where he trained as a dentist. While working in his own dentist's office in New York, he painted pictures of various birds, which became the attention of James Paul Chapin of the American Museum of Natural History . Vaurie worked there from 1942 in the ornithological department of the museum.

In 1948 he wrote the publication A Revision of the bird family Dicruridae together with Ernst Mayr , in which he reports on the evolution of Drongos . His most important work, the publication series Systematic notes on Palearctic birds , brought him international recognition and comprises 53 editions.

Publications

• A Revision of the bird family Dicruridae. NY, 1949.
• "Systematic notes on Palearctic birds". NY 1956 (American Museum of Natural History, American Museum Novitates )
• A generic revision of Fly-catchers of the tribe Muscicapini. NY, 1953.
• "Notes on some Ploceidae from Western Asia"; "Notes on some Asiatic Finches"; "Notes on the bird genus Oenanthe in Persia, Afghanistan, and India;" and several other articles all published in the American Museum Novitates . NY, 1949-1952.
• "A generic revision of Flycatchers of the tribe Muscicapini". NY, 1953. pp.27 figs & 7 tables. Wrapp. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History - Vol. 100: Art. 4).
• The Birds of the Palearctic Fauna: a Systematic Reference (2 Vols.) 1959
• Classification of the Ovenbirds (Furnariidae). London, 1971.
• Tibet and its birds. 1972

References

1. ↑ Lester L. Short: In Memoriam: Charles Vaurie. (PDF file; 318 kB)