Birds of the World

Team

Birds of the World is collaborative science platform featuring comprehensive species profiles for every bird in the world. The content (text, media, and data) is under a constant state of revision by individuals – both professional and amateurs, some working independently, others aligned with partner organizations. All are willing to share their expertise and dedicated to notion that data archives and references like Birds of the World are vital resources in the race to conserve birds. More than 2,100 authors are cited in these accounts. Below are the editor, partner, and project teams.

Science Editors

      • Shawn Billerman, Ph.D. – science editor
      • Natalia García, Ph.D. – Cornell Lab postdoctoral researcher
      • Brooke Keeney, Ph.D. – senior managing editor
      • Guy Kirwan – science editor, former HBW Alive editor
      • Fernando Medrano, Ph.D. – Latin America lead
      • Pamela Rasmussen, Ph.D.– senior research associate – avian systematist
      • Nicholas Sly, Ph.D. – science editor
      • Maria Smith, Ph.D. – managing editor

Regional Science Editors

Every region and every species needs a champion. Contact us if you’re interested in contributing your data, media and/or expertise.

– Africa and the Middle East

      • Adams Chaskda – regional lead, APLORI
      • Derek Engelbrecht – Editor-in-Chief, Birds of Southern Africa (8th ed.), JVBBF
      • Panshak Solomon – regional lead, APLORI

– Asia

      • Miguel David De Leon – consulting associate editor: Philippines
      • Praveen J – partner lead, Bird Count India
      • Scott Lin – partner lead, Taiwan Biodiversity Research Group
      • Suhel Quader – partner lead, Bird Count India
      • Pamela Rasmussen, Ph.D. – senior research associate – avian systematist
      • Puja Sharma – consulting associate editor: India
      • Amar-Singh HSS – partner lead, Malaysian Bird Report

– Europe

      • Guy Kirwan – consulting associate editor

– North & Central America/Caribbean

      • Susana Aguilar – partner lead, BirdsCaribbean
      • Zoya Buckmire – partner lead, BirdsCaribbean
      • Roselvy Juárez – consulting associate editor
      • Federico Alfonso Méndez Sánchez – partner lead, GECI
      • Steven Mlodinow – consulting associate editor
      • Caroline Pott – partner lead, BirdsCaribbean
      • Nicole Richardson – consulting associate editor
      • Jonathan van Dort – consulting associate editor

– Oceania

      • Steve Debus – consulting associate editor

– South America

      • Fernando Angulo Pratolongo – partner lead, CORBIDI
      • Gustavo Adolfo Bravo Mora – partner lead, Instituto Humboldt
      • Diego Cisneros-Heredia – partner lead, USFQ
      • Pablo G. Fernández – partner lead, Aves Uruguay
      • Harold Greeney – consulting associate editor
      • Dan Lebbin – conservation contributor
      • Fernando Medrano Martinez – Latin American Lead
      • Vicente Pantoja – partner lead, ROC
      • Alice Reisfeld – partner lead, SAVE Brasil
      • Tomás Rivas Fuenzalida – partner lead, Fundación Nankulafkén
      • Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro – partner lead, UVO
      • Kini Roesler – partner lead, Aves Argentinas
      • Cristina Sainz Borgo – partner lead, UVO
      • Luis Sánchez – partner lead, UNAM

Subject Matter Editors

      • Appearance/Molt – Peter Pyle
      • Ardeidae: Egrets, Herons, and Bitterns – Clay Green, Ph.D.
      • Avian Taxonomy – Shawn Billerman, Marshall Iliff, Pam Rasmussen
      • Bird Families – Shawn Billerman, Ph.D.
      • Conservation – Dan Lebbin, Ph.D., Jordan Rutter, Molly Toth
      • Identification and Similar Species – Steve Howell
      • Key to Scientific Names – James Jobling
      • Larks and Pipits – Per Alström
      • Multimedia – Arnau Bonan Barfull, Paul Fenwick, Andrew Spencer
      • Raptors – Steve Debus, Tomás Rivas Fuenzalida
      • Sounds and Vocal Behavior – Peter Boesman, Andrew Spencer, Puja Sharma

Birds of the World is currently seeking additional subject matter experts in a number of areas.

International Partners

Project Team

Copyeditors

      • JoAnn Hackos – volunteer team lead
      • Linda Hensley – volunteer copyeditor
      • Robin Murie – volunteer copyeditor
      • Daphne Walmer – volunteer copyeditor

If you have copyediting skills and time to volunteer, we’d appreciate your help!

Previous Contributors

Distinguished science editors (retired)

      • Frank B. Gill– editor, Birds of North America published by the Cornell Lab and American Ornithological Society
      • Josep del Hoyo – founder/editor, Handbook of Birds of the World, published by Lynx Edicions
      • Alan Poole – editor, Birds of North America published by the Cornell Lab and American Ornithological Society
      • Paul Rodewald – editor, Birds of North America; Birds of the World, published by the Cornell Lab
      • Tom Schulenberg – editor, Neotropical Birds; Birds of the World, published by the Cornell Lab

Former Bartel’s Science Illustrators

Former undergraduate assistants

    • Otse Attah – editorial assistant
    • River Ahlquist – media assistant
    • Luca Bielski – editorial assistant
    • Diego Blanco – media assistant
    • Gracey Brouillard – editorial assistant
    • Larry Chen – editorial assistant
    • Linsey Chen – marketing assistant
    • Cooper Couden – maps assistant
    • Ricardo Cruz – maps assistant
    • August Davidson-Onsgard – media assistant
    • Billy Dignam – editorial assistant
    • Leo Gilman – editorial assistant
    • Andre Golumbeski – maps assistant
    • Qwahn Kent – editorial assistant
    • Kelsey Lopez – marketing assistant
    • Yumi Romano – maps assistant
    • Dimitris Salas – maps assistant
    • Marcus Saldarriaga-Grote – media assistant
    • Audrey Su – media assistant
    • Jaden Thompson – media assistant
    • Huy Truong – maps assistant
    • Vicens Vila-Coury – maps assistant
    • Claire Walter – editorial assistant
    • Tammy Zhang – media assistant

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A global alliance of nature organizations working to document the natural history of all bird species at an unprecedented scale.

American Ornithological Society Audubon Panamá A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute Armonia Bolivia Aves Argentinas Avibase Aves Uruguay Birds Caribbean Bird Count India IUCN SSC Heron Specialist Group Conservación de Islas Corbidi Fundación Ñankulafkén Instituto Humboldt Lynx Malaysian Bird Report Oikonos Oriental Bird Club Ornithological Society Of The Middle East The Caucasus And Central Asia RED DE OBSERVADORES DE AVES Y VIDA SILVESTRE DE CHILE Roberts Birds Save Brasil Sociedad Ornitològica de Córdoba Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute Union Venezolana De Ornitologos