William Henry Phelps, Jr.

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William Henry Phelps Tucker Jr. ( WH Phelps Jr .; born December 25, 1902 San Antonio de Maturín , Acosta , Monagas , † August 13, 1988 Caracas , Venezuela ) was a Venezuelan ornithologist , geographer and businessman . Many of his acquaintances and friends simply called Phelps Jr. Billy .

School time and career

His father, William Henry Phelps, was also a noted ornithologist and businessman. His mother was Alice Elvira Tucker. He attended the high schools of the Colegio Manuel Muñoz Tébar and the Colegio of the French Fathers in Caracas. This was followed by a visit to the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in the United States, followed by studies at Princeton University , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1926. After graduation, he returned to Venezuela, where his family founded their first holding company called Sindicato Phelps CA in 1929 . The holding company was active in the real estate business , among other things . Companies such as El Automovil Universal (trade in cars), El Almacen Americano (trade in electrical appliances) and Empresas 1BC were part of the Phelps empire. Initially, Phelps Jr. was vice president of the holding company, but also president in individual areas such as El Almacen Americano and a subsidiary of Corporación Radiofónica Venezolana (Coraven). Similar to his father, he developed a keen business acumen. In 1930, Coraven and Radio Corporation of America worked together to create a new media sector in which both of them founded Broadcasting Caracas, Venezuela 's first commercial radio station. In 1935, Broadcasting Caracas was renamed Radio Caracas and Phelps Jr. became president. 1953 followed the entry into television with the establishment of Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), where he also became president. In the 1970s the media space required a reorganization and Phelps lost its influence.

In 1941 he married the Australian Kathleen Phoebe Deery de Phelps (1908-2001) with whom he fathered a son, John Prince Phelps Miller .

Phelps as a scientist

Phelps Jr. was influenced by his father's ornithological interests very early on. Phelps Jr., together with his wife Kathleen and his father, organized numerous expeditions to various places in Venezuela. He, his wife and his father took active part in some research trips in the most remote areas of the Venezuelan mountains, forests and savannahs. The journeys to these areas were arduous and involved an immense logistical effort. He visited Ornis with Phelps own yacht , often together with guests, during at least 49 expeditions in the Caribbean Sea, archipelagos such as Los Testigos , Los Frailes , La Tortuga or Los Roques . 15 other expeditions took him to the Tepuis in the south and southeast of the country. He landed for the first time on the Sarisariñama-Tepui in March 1967. The Amazon regions were also the destination of his travels 15 times. 10 further expeditions took him to the Llanos of the Orinoco plain and 4 to the Sierra de Perijá . In the travels, some of which lasted up to 3 months, he collected an enormous number of bird hides , which the Phelps Foundation benefited from. After his father's death, he took over the Colección Ornitológica Phelps of the Phelps Foundation , founded in 1938 , a collection that today comprises more than 76,300 bird hides. It ranks as the largest in Latin America and one of the most important private collections in the world. The collection also includes a substantial library with more than 6000 books, 800 specialist journals and 5500 reprints. In the period from 1938 to 1988, the collection grew by an average of 3800 bird hides per year. The curator in the museum of the Phelps Foundation was Ramón Aveledo Hostos, with whom he also published together. Together with Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee and Guy Tudor, he published his most important work, Una guía de las Aves de Venezuela , which was also published in English under the name A guide to the birds of Venezuela . Other articles have appeared in Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales , Boletin de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales , American Museum Novitates, and Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington , among others . On many articles he worked with other authors such as Robert William Dickerman , George Francis Barrowclough , Peter Frederick Cannell , David E. Willard , Sadie L. Coats , Eugene Eisenmann (1906–1981), Ernst Mayr (1904–2005), the geologist Guillermo Zuloaga Ramírez (1904–1984) and Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978) together.

He joined the American Ornithologists' Union in 1940 and became an Elective member in 1948 . In 1975 he was elected a Fellow , a Patron in 1986 and an Honorary Fellow in 1986 .

Phelps worked closely with the American Museum of Natural History , since 1952 as a research fellow in the Department of Ornithology. From 1956 to 1959 he was even a member of the museum's advisory body. He was also elected for offices at the International Ornithological Congress (IOC). For example, he became a permanent member of the executive committee. At BirdLife International (formerly: International Council for Bird Preservation) he became President for the Venezuela and Pan America Sections and Vice President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources .

Honors and Dedication Names

The numerous honors William H. Phelps Jr. received include The Explorers Club Medal, the David Livingstone Centenary Medal from the American Geographical Society (1968), and the Orden Conservación del Ambiente (1986). Some honors were awarded to him after his death, such as the Order of Diego de Losada , which recognized his inestimable value for the country of Venezuela.

Wesley Edwin Lanyon dedicated the name of the genus Phelpsia to the entire Phelps family. In his first description he writes: It is appropriate that this unique Venezuelan endemic be named for the Phelps family (the late William H., the father; Billy, the son; and Billy's wife, Kathy) in recognition of their monumental contribution to our understanding of the ornithology of Venezuela, a tribute long overdue. (It is appropriate to name this unique Venezuelan endemic in honor of the Phelps family (the late William H., the father; Billy, the son, and Billy's wife, Kathy), in recognition of their significant contributions to the study of Venezuelan ornithology, an honor which was long overdue.)

Initial descriptions

Phelps was the first to describe numerous species and subspecies.

The following new bird species were described by Phelps, partly together with his father and Alexander Wetmore:

In addition, there are numerous subspecies such as the tepuis prickly tail ( Roraimia adusta mayri ) (Phelps, WH Jr, 1977), whose scientific name he chose in honor of Ernst Mayr, the red-forehead bundle-nister ( Phacellodomus rufifrons castilloi ) (Phelps, WH & Aveledo, 1987), the Tao ( Tinamus tao larensis ) (Phelps & Phelps, 1949), the scaly-breasted hook-beak ( Diglossa duidae hitchcocki ) (Phelps & Phelps, Jr, 1948), the rust-bellied hook-beak ( Diglossa sittoides coelestis ) (Phelps & Phelps, Jr, 1953), the velvet- bellied hummingbird ( Lafresnaya lafresnayi greenewalti ) (Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1961), the olive-cap tree tyrant ( Phylloscartes chapmani duidae ) (Phelps & Phelps, WH & Phelps Jr, 1951), the graubrust ( Atlapetes-Bush fumidus ) (Wetmore & Phelps Jr., 1953), the three-lined wood warbler ( Basileuterus tristriatus pariae ) (Phelps & Phelps, Jr, 1949), the Longuemare sun nymph ( Heliangelus clarisse violiceps ) (Phelps & Phelps, Jr., 1953) as well as two subspecies of the morning dam he ( Zonotrichia capensis inaccessibilis ) (Phelps & Phelps, Jr, 1955) or ( Zonotrichia capensis perezchinchillorum ) (Phelps & Aveledo, 1984) and many more.

Works

  • Las aves de las Islas Los Testigos, Los Frailes y la Tortuga , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 9 (60), pp. 257-283, 1945
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Descripcion de cinco aves nuevas de Venezuela y comentarios sobre Columbigallina passerina tortugensis Fernández y Machaeropterus regulus aureopectus Phelps y Gilliard , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 10 (65-66): 1945 and 1946
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Descripción de cuatro aves nuevas de los Cerros Paraque y Ptari-tepui y notas sobre Bubulcus ibis, Myioborus cardonai y Platycichla leucops , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 10 (67), p. 229–240 , 1946
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Ten new subspecies of birds from Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 60, pp. 149-163, 1947
  • The ornithological collections , in Charles B. Hitchcock (ed.), The Orinoco-Ventuari region, Venezuela, Geography Review, 37 (4), pp. 525-566, 1947
  • Las aves de la Isla La Blanquilla y de Los Morros El Fondeadero y La Horquilla del Archipiélago de Los Hermanos , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 11 (71), pp. 85-118, 1948
  • Las Colecciones ornitológicas , in Charles B. Hitchcock (ed.), La región Orinoco-Ventuari, Venezuela, Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 11 (72), pp. 131-179, 1948
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Descripción de seis aves nuevas de Venezuela y notas sobre veinticuatro adiciones a la avifauna del Brasil , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 11 (71), pp. 53-74, 1948
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Notas sobre aves Venezolanas , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 11 (72), pp. 189-210, 1948
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Two new subspecies of birds from Bonaire Island , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 61, pp. 171-174, 1948
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: The discovery of the habitat of Gould's Hummingbird, Hylonympha macrocerca , The Auk 65 (1), pp. 62-66, 1948
  • with Alexander Wetmore: A new race of bird of the genus Spodiornis from Venezuela , Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 39 (11), pp. 377-378, 1949
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Eight new birds from the subtropical zone of the Paria Peninsula, Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 62, 33-44, 1949
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Eleven new subspecies of birds from Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 62, pp. 109-124, 1949
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Seven new subspecies of birds from Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 62: 185-194, 1949
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Las aves de las Islas los Roques y las Aves y descripción de un nuevo canario de mangle , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 13 (76), pp. 7-30, 1950
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Lista de las aves de Venezuela con su distribución, Parte 2, Passeriformes , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 12 (75): 1-427, 1950
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Seven new subspecies of Venezuelan birds , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 63, pp. 115-126, 1950
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Three new subspecies of birds from Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 63, pp. 43-49, 1950
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Four new Venezuelan birds , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 64, pp. 65-72, 1951
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Las aves de Bonaire , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 13 (77), pp. 161-187, 1951
  • with Alexander Wetmore: Observations on the geographic races of the Tinamou Crypturellus noctivagus in Venezuela and Colombia , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 13 (77): pp. 115–119, 1951
  • with Alexander Wetmore: A new form of hummingbird from the Perijá Mountains of Venezuela and Colombia , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 65: pp. 135-136, 1952
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Nine new birds from the Perijá Mountains and eleven extensions of ranges to Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 65, pp. 89-105, 1952
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Nine new subspecies of birds from Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 65, pp. 39-54, 1952
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Eight new birds and thirty-three extensions ranges to Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 66, pp. 125-144, 1953
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Eight new subspecies of birds from the Perija Mountains, Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 66, pp. 1-12, 1953
  • with Alexander Wetmore: A race of forest-inhabiting finch from the Perijá Mountains of Venezuela and Colombia , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 66: pp. 13-14, 1953
  • with Alexander Wetmore: Notes on the rufous goatsuckers of Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 66: 15-19, 1953
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Notes on Venezuelan birds and descriptions of six new subspecies , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 67, pp. 103-113, 1954
  • The Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela , Geography Review, 44 (1), pp. 1-28, 1954
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Five new Venezuelan birds and nine extensions of ranges to Colombia , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 68, pp. 47-58, 1955
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Seven new birds from Cerro de la Neblina, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 68, pp. 113-123, 1955
  • with Ernst Mayr: Origin of the bird fauna of Pantepui Actas 11 International Ornithological Congress 1954, pp. 399–400, 1955
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Five new birds from Río Chiquito, Táchira, Venezuela and two extensions of ranges from Colombia , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 69, pp. 157-165, 1956
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Three new birds from Cerro El Teteo, Venezuela, and extensions of ranges to Venezuela and Colombia , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 69, pp. 127-134, 1956
  • with Alexander Wetmore: Further additions to the list of birds of Venezuela , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 69: pp. 1–10, 1956
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Descriptions of four new Venezuelan birds, extensions of ranges to Venezuela and other notes , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 70, pp. 119-127, 1957
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Las aves de Isla de Aves, Venezuela , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 18 (88), pp 63-72, 1957
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Descriptions of two new Venezuelan birds and distributional notes , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 71, pp. 119-124, 1958
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Las aves de la Isla de Patos con algunos documentos sobre la historia y la geología de la Isla , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 20 (92), pp. 105-133, 1958
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Lista de las aves de Venezuela con su distribución, Tomo 2, Parte 1, No-Passeriformes , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 19 (90), pp. 1–317, 1958
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: La nidificación de las aves marinas en el Archipiélago de Los Roques , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 20 (94), pp. 325–336, 1959
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Las aves de la Isla La Orchila , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 20 (93), pp. 252-266, 1959
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Two new subspecies of birds from the San Luis Mountains of Venezuela and distributional notes , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 72, pp. 121-126, 1959
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: A new subspecies of Furnariidae from Venezuela and extensions of ranges , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 73, pp. 1-3, 1960
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: A new subspecies of warbler from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela, and notes , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 74, pp. 245-247, 1961
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Notes on Venezuelan birds and description of a new subspecies of Trochilidae , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 74, pp. 3-6, 1961
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Cuarentinueve aves nuevas para la avifauna Brasileña del Cerro Uei-tepui (Cerro del Sol) , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 23 (101), pp. 32-39, 1962
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Two new subspecies of birds from Venezuela, the rufous phase of Pauxi pauxi, and other notes , Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 75, pp. 199-203, 1962
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Lista de las aves de Venezuela con su distribución. Tomo 1, Parte 2 Passeriformes , (2 ed.). Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 24 (104-105), pp. 1-479, 1963
  • with William Henry Phelps Senior: Lista de las aves del Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela, y notas sobre su descubrimiento y ascenso , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 26 (109). Pp. 11-35, 1965
  • with Ramón Aveledo Hostos: A new subspecies of Icterus icterus and other notes on the birds of northen South America , American Museum Novitates, No. 2270, pp. 1-14, 1966
  • Contribución al análisis de los elementos que componen la avifauna subtropical de las Cordilleras de la Costa Norte de Venezuela , Boletin de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales, 26 (73), pp. 14-34, 1966
  • with Guillermo Zuloaga: Discurso de incorporación como individuo de número de la Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales 14 de diciembre de 1966, Discurso de Contestación del Dr. Guillermo Zuloaga. , Boletin de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales, 26 (73), pp. 7-13, 1966
  • with Ernst Mayr: The origin of the bird fauna of the south Venezuelan highlands , Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 136 (5), pp. 269–327, 1967
  • Avifauna in Venezuela , in Helmut K. Buechner y Jimmie H. Buechner (eds.), The avifauna of northern Latin America: A Symposium held at the Smithsonian Institution, April 13-15, 1966, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 26, pp. 75-76, 1970
  • Eugene Eisenmann: Una nueva subepscie de Todirostrum maculatum del delta del Orinoco , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 29 (119/120), pp. 186-194, 1971
  • with Ernst Mayr: Origen de la avifauna de las altiplanicies del sur de Venezuela , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 29 (121), pp. 309-401, 1971
  • Adiciones a las listas de aves de Sur América, Brasil y Venezuela y notas sobre aves Venezolanas , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 30 (124-125), pp 23-40, 1973
  • Willet breeding in Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela , The Auk 92 (1), pp. 164-165, 1975
  • Descripción de una raza geográfica de Crypturellus obsoletus (Aves: Tinamidae) de Los Andes de Venezuela , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 32 (132-133), pp. 15-22, 1976
  • Aves colectadas en las mesetas de Sarisariñama y Jaua durante tres expediciones al Macizo de Jaua, Estado Bolívar. Descripciones de dos nuevas subespecies , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 33 (134), pp. 15-42. 1977
  • Una nueva especie y dos nuevas subespecies de aves (Psittacidae, Furnariidae) de la Sierra de Perijá cerca de la divisoria Colombo-Venezolana , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 33 (134): 43-53, 1977
  • with Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee: A guide to the birds of Venezuela , Princeton University Press, 1978
  • with Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee: Una guía de las Aves de Venezuela , 1st edition, Gráficas Armitano, CA, 1979
  • Aves migratorias de Venezuela , Reunión Técnica sobre conservación de animales migratorios del Hemisferio Occidental y sus ecosistemas. Programa Regional Desarrollo Cient. Tecnológico, Organización de los Estados Americanos, SG / Ser.P / III. 3, del 4 al 8 de junio, pp. 39-40, 1979
  • with Robert William Dickerman: Cuatro subespecies nuevas de aves (Furnariidae, Formicariidae) de la región de Pantepui, Estado Bolívar y Territorio Amazonas , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 33 (138): pp. 139-147, 1980
  • with Robert William Dickerman: An annotated list of the birds of Cerro Urutaní on the border of Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, and Territorio Roraima, Brazil , American Museum Novitates, No. 2732, pp. 1-20, 1982
  • with Ramón Aveledo Hostos: Dos nuevas subespecies de aves (Troglodytidae, Fringillidae) del Cerro Marahuaca, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 39 (142): pp. 5-10, 1984
  • with Sadie L. Coats: 1985. The Venezuelan Red Siskin: Case history of an endangered species , Ornithological Monographs, No. 36, Neotropical Ornithology, pp. 977-985, 1985
  • with Robert William Dickerman, George F. Barrowclough, Peter Frederick Cannell, David E. Willard: Philydor hylobius Wetmore and Phelps is a synonym of Automolus roraimae Hellmayr The Auk 103 (2), pp. 431-432, 1986
  • with Robert William Dickerman: Tres nuevos atrapamoscas (Tyrannidae) del Cerro de la Neblina Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 41 (144): 27-32, 1987
  • with Ramón Aveledo Hostos: Cinco nuevas subespecies de aves (Rallidae, Trochilidae, Picidae, Furnariidae) y tres extensiones de distribución para Venezuela , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 41 (144), pp. 7-26, 1987
  • with Ramón Aveledo Hostos: Una nueva subespecie de aves de la familia (Trochilidae) de la Serrania Tapirapeco, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela , Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales, 42 (145), pp. 7-10, 1988
  • with Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee: Una guía de las Aves de Venezuela , 2nd edition, Editorial ExLibris, 1994

literature

  • François Vuilleumier : In Memoriam: William H. Phelps Jr. In: The Auk. Vol. 107, 1990, pp. 181-183.
  • Donald Redfield Griffin : Acoustic Orientation in the Oil Bird, Steatornis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1953, pp. 884-893.
  • Kathleen de Phelps: Memorias de misia Kathy: primera Expedición Phelps al Cerro Jimé, actual Cerro de la Neblina, enero-febrero, 1954. Tecniproven, Caracas 1986, ISBN 980-265-446-9 .
  • Michael Enright, Antonio Frances, Edith S. Saavedra: Venezuela: The Challenge of Competitiveness. Palgrave, 1996, ISBN 0-312-15851-3 .
  • Yolanda Texera Arnal: The Beginnings of Modern Ornithology in Venezuela. In: The Americas. Vol. 58, No. 4, Field Science in Latin America, 2002, pp. 601-622.
  • José Ángel Rodríguez: El Viajero de las Aves, la obra científica de William H. Phelps. Fundacion Cisneros; Editora El Nacional, 2006, ISBN 980-6454-25-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mundo andino Empresas 1BC ( Memento of March 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Eng.)
  2. ↑ 34. Vegter, HI, Index Herb. Coll. NR: 677 (1983) Phelps, Kathleen Deery de (1908-) (engl.)
  3. ↑ RCTV.net: Biografías Kathleen Phelps ( Memento from June 11, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Monthly Review Zero Hour for Venezuela's RCTV by George Ciccariello-Maher (engl.)
  5. ↑ The Auk Vol 77 (4) 1960 The Black Noddy at Los Roques, Venezuela (English; PDF; 136 kB)
  6. ^ Otto Huber and John J. Wurdack: History of Botanical Exploration in Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela . In: Smithsonian Contributions to Botany . tape 56 . Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 1984, pp. 8 ( online version; PDF file; MB ).
  7. ↑ American Museum novitates No. 2797 page 24f Phelpsia, New genus (English; PDF; 10.3 MB) (original article)
  8. ↑ The Auk, Vol. 107, 1990 In Memoriam: William H. Phelps Jr. (English; PDF; 211 kB) Original article
  9. ^ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1953 Acoustic Orientation in the Oil Bird, Steatornis. (English; PDF; 1.4 MB) Original article
  10. ↑ Ecoturave La vida de científica William H Phelps en el libro El Viajero de las Aves. ( Memento of December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) review of the book
personal data
SURNAME Phelps, William Henry, Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Phelps Tucker, William Henry (full name); Phelps, Billy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan ornithologist, geographer and businessman
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH San Antonio de Maturin
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1988
Place of death Caracas