David C. Oren

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David Conway Oren (born May 20, 1953 ) is an American ornithologist . His research focus is biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon.

Life

In 1975 Oren graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree . In 1978 he graduated with a Masters from Harvard University . In 1981 he was with the dissertation Zoogeographic Analysis of the White Sand Campina vegetation of Amazonia under the direction of Robert Edward Cook for Ph.D. PhD from Harvard University.

From 1981 to 2008 he was a research assistant at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi in Belém . From 1986 to 1987 he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Florida . From 1987 to 2008 he was a professor at the Universidade Federal do Pará . From 1996 to 2000 he was treasurer of the organization Sociedade Brasileira de Ornitologia . He was also the editor of the organizational journal Ornitologia Neotropical . From 2000 to 2007 he was the scientific director of The Nature Conservancy in Brazil. His research includes environmental impact studies, nature conservation planning and public nature conservation projects in the Pantanal , the Caatinga , the Mata Atlântica , the Amazon and the Gran Chaco .

Oren described the subspecies Procnias albus wallacei of the Einlappenkotinga (1985), Zonotrichia capensis novaesi of the morning hammer (1985), Xiphocolaptes major estebani of the red chalk tree climber (1991) and Hylexetastes perrotii brigidai of the white bearded tree climber (1995). In 2001 he described the tyrant -Art Suiriri islerorum that now synonymous with the Chapadatyrann ( Suiriri affinis applies). In 2004 he described the divisor ant shrike ( Thamnophilus divisorius ) with Robb T. Brumfield and Bret M. Whitney .

In addition to ornithology, Oren deals with cryptozoology . In 1993 he published an article in the journal Goeldiana Zoologia about Mapinguari , a mythical monster from the legends of the Cario Indians, which, according to Oren, could be the extinct Megatherium .

Dedication names

In 2013 the ant bird species Myrmotherula oreni was named in honor of David C. Oren. Today the taxon is considered a subspecies of the Ihering ant hatter ( Myrmotherula iheringi ).

literature

  • Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing 2014, p. 417

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David C. Oren: Did ground sloths survive to recent times in the Amazon region? Goeldiana Zoologia, August 1993, pp. 1-11
personal data
SURNAME Oren, David C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oren, David Conway (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1953