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James Lee Peters (August 13, 1889 - April 19, 1952) was an American ornithologist.

Peters was Curator of Birds at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard University. He served as president of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1942-45, and also served as president of International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature for a period.

Peters is best known for his multi-volume Check-list of Birds of the World (1931-52), widely referred to simply as the Peters' check-list. Compared to earlier check-lists written by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, the list by Peters made several significant advances, among others using subspecies (trinomial nomenclature), which Bowdler's had not. For the first four volumes Peters was awarded the Brewster Medal. Peters died before finishing the work, and the last volumes, as well as updates to some of the first, were completed by Ernst Mayr, Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr. and others, with the final being volume 16 published in 1987. This check-list has been highly influential in ornithology, and has – either directly or indirectly – been used as a basis for numerous modern check-lists such as The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World by James Clements, The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World edited by Edward C. Dickinson, Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World by Charles Sibley and Burt Monroe, the AOU Checklist of North American Birds by AOU, and the check-list to birds of South America by SACC.

References

Clements, J. 2007. The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World 6th edition. Christopher Helm. ISBN 9780713686951.
Remsen, J. V., Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, T. S. Schulenberg, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz, and K. J. Zimmer. 2007. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists' Union.
Sibley, C., and B. Monroe. 1991. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300049692
Wetmore, A. 1957. In Memory of James Lee Peters (Obituary). Auk 74: 167-173.

External links

Check-list of Birds of the World - Online

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 Peters was Curator of Birds at the [[Museum of Comparative Zoology]], at [[Harvard University]]. He served as president of the [[American Ornithologists' Union]] in 1942-45, and also served as president of [[International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature]] for a period.
-Peters is best known for his multi-volume ''Check-list of Birds of the World'' (1931-52), widely referred to simply as the ''Peters' check-list''. Compared to earlier check-lists written by [[Richard Bowdler Sharpe]], the list by Peters made several significant advances, among others using [[subspecies]] ([[trinomial nomenclature]]), which Bowdlers had not. For the first four volumes Peters was awarded the [[William Brewster (ornithologist)|Brewster]] Medal. Peters died before finishing the work, and the last volumes, as well as updates to some of the first, were completed by [[Ernst Mayr]], [[Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr.]] and others, with the final being volume 16 published in 1987. This check-list has been highly influential in [[ornithology]], and has – either directly or indirectly – been used as a basis for numerous modern check-lists such as ''[[The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World]]'' by [[James Clements]], ''[[The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World]]'' edited by Edward C. Dickinson, ''Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World'' by [[Charles Sibley]] and [[Burt Monroe]], the ''AOU Checklist of North American Birds'' by [[American Ornithologists' Union|AOU]], and the check-list to birds of South America by [[South American Classification Committee|SACC]].
+Peters is best known for his multi-volume ''Check-list of Birds of the World'' (1931-52), widely referred to simply as the ''Peters' check-list''. Compared to earlier check-lists written by [[Richard Bowdler Sharpe]], the list by Peters made several significant advances, among others using [[subspecies]] ([[trinomial nomenclature]]), which Bowdler's had not. For the first four volumes Peters was awarded the [[William Brewster (ornithologist)|Brewster]] Medal. Peters died before finishing the work, and the last volumes, as well as updates to some of the first, were completed by [[Ernst Mayr]], [[Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr.]] and others, with the final being volume 16 published in 1987. This check-list has been highly influential in [[ornithology]], and has – either directly or indirectly – been used as a basis for numerous modern check-lists such as ''[[The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World]]'' by [[James Clements]], ''[[The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World]]'' edited by Edward C. Dickinson, ''Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World'' by [[Charles Sibley]] and [[Burt Monroe]], the ''AOU Checklist of North American Birds'' by [[American Ornithologists' Union|AOU]], and the check-list to birds of South America by [[South American Classification Committee|SACC]].
 ==References==
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 * Remsen, J. V., Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, T. S. Schulenberg, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz, and K. J. Zimmer. 2007. ''[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html A classification of the bird species of South America.]'' American Ornithologists' Union.
 * Sibley, C., and B. Monroe. 1991. ''Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World.'' Yale University Press. ISBN 0300049692
-* Wermore, A. 1957. ''[http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v074n02/p0167-p0173.pdf In Memory of James Lee Peters (Obituary).]'' Auk 74: 167-173.
+* Wetmore, A. 1957. ''[http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v074n02/p0167-p0173.pdf In Memory of James Lee Peters (Obituary).]'' Auk 74: 167-173.
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