Participants
The IOC English Names project was a group effort that took many years of effort by leading ornithologists worldwide. They devoted their time and their expertise. They waited patiently for issues to be resolved and they compromised generously on tough decisions. The members of the six regional subcommittees are listed below. Asterisks mark the chairs of each subcommittee
The project took so long that we lost some members. In particular, Stuart Keith did not live to see the completed work. He spearheaded the Africa subcommittee and led the way with clear thinking about the application of the rules to those species. In another case, Paul Coopmans passed on shortly after publication of the work. Paul was a strong and constructive member of the Neotropical subcommittee. We will miss Stuart and Paul, but we will not forget their leadership roles.
IOC Standing Committee on English NamesCoChairs: Frank Gill, Minturn Wright
AFRICAAldo Berutti, South Africa Clive Barlow, Gambia W. Richard J. Dean, South Africa Michael Irwin, Zimbabwe *G. Stuart Keith, USA *Peter G Ryan, South Africa Donald Turner, Kenya
AUSTRALASIADavid Bishop, New Guinea Murray Bruce, Australia Brian Gill, New Zealand H. Douglas Pratt, USA *Richard Schodde, Australia
EURASIA/PALEARCTICPer Alstrom, Sweden Mark Beaman, UK David Parkin, UK |
NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICAKenn Kaufman, USA *Stephen M. Russell, USA Harrison B. Tordoff, USA
ORIENT/SOUTHERN ASIASimon Harrap UK Tim Inskipp, UK Ben King, USA Nigel Redman,UK Philip Round ,Thailand
SOUTH AMERICAPaul Coopmans, Ecuador Robert S Ridgely, USA Steven L. Hilty, USA
EDITORIAL STAFFSally Conyne - Compiler David B. Donsker - Taxonomic Editor Eng-Li Green - Website Manager |