List of birdwatchers
This is a list of the world's greatest birdwatchers, based on the number of species of birds seen. Depending on the taxonomic viewpoint, there are about 8,800–10,200 living bird species.
- Phoebe Snetsinger: more than 8,450 species in the wild (killed when her bus rolled over just as she was checking 8,451)[1]
- Tom Gulick: 8,114[2]
- Harvey Gilston: "nearly 8,000"[3]
- Peter Kaestner: 7,958,[4] first birder to see a representative of every family in the world
- Pete Winter: more than 7,700 species [5]
- Jim Clements: 7,200[5]
- Richard Koeppel: over 7,000
- John Danzenbaker: 6,814
- Roger Tory Peterson: numbers in the thousands, noted mainly for his books studying birds and promoting birdwatching
- John James Audubon: numbers unknown, an early pioneer in nature studies
Notes
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