David William Steadman
David William Steadman (born August 18, 1951 ) is an American paleozoologist . His main research interests are evolution , biogeography , paleontology and conservation biology of tropical and subtropical birds.
Life
In 1973 Steadman graduated from Edinboro State College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. In 1975 he received his MSc in Zoology from the University of Florida. In 1982 he received his Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Arizona. From 1985 he worked for ten years as a curator for vertebrate animals at the New York State Museum . Between 1995 and 2001 he was assistant curator and later guest curator for ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Since May 2001 he has been curator for ornithology at the same museum. From 2000 to 2003 he was a professor at the University of Florida Research Foundation.
In 1972 Steadman began his field work in the Neotropic. In total, he traveled to all states of the USA, around 40 other countries and around 150 islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean. Steadman wrote more than 180 scientific articles. He described a number of extinct bird species, as well as reptiles and molluscs, including Niue-Ralle , the Polynesian Edelpapagei , the Huahine-Star , the Mangaia-Rail , Gallirallus gracilitibia , tahuata rail , epulare Gallirallus which Mangaia swiftlet , the crocodile Mekosuchus kalpokasi from Vanuatu Island and the subfossil land snail Hotumatua anakenana from Easter Island .
Steadman's works include The Plio-Pleistocene evolution of turkeys (aves: Meleagridinae) (1975), Galápagos Fossil birds, reptiles, and mammals from Isla Floreana, Galápagos Archipelago (1982), The origin of Darwin's finches (Fringillidae, Passeriformes) (1982 ), Holocene vertebrate fossils from Isla Floreana (1986), Galápagos - Discovery on Darwin's Islands (1988), which was illustrated by his brother Lee M. and Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds (2006), one of the most extensive compilations of extinct bird species in the Pacific.
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| SURNAME | Steadman, David William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American paleozoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1951 |