Author

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Pamela C. Rasmussen
American ornithologist
wd:Q4366961959 -
country of citizenship: United States of America
educated at: Walla Walla University, University of Kansas
occupation: ornithologist, zoologist, university teacher
influenced by: Sidney Dillon Ripley
Pamela Cecile Rasmussen (born October 16, 1959) is a prominent American ornithologist and expert on Asian birds. She was formerly a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and is based at the Michigan State University. She is associated with other major centers of research in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Rasmussen's early research investigated South American seabirds and fossil birds from North America. She later specialised in Asian birds describing several new species and clarifying the status of others, particularly white-eyes and owls. More recently, she has been involved in large scale collaborations looking at patterns of global biodiversity, and has assessed the taxonomic status of South Asian vultures.
She was the main author of Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide, a landmark publication due to its greater geographical and species coverage compared to its predecessors. As a result of her study of museum bird specimens when researching for the book, she was instrumental in unveiling the extent of the theft from museums and fraudulent documentation perpetrated by eminent British ornithologist Richard Meinertzhagen.
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Series
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2Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide
book
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author: Pamela C. Rasmussen, John C. Anderton
2005
Articles
3The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae) ( 2012 )
scientific article (publication date: February 2012)
author: Per G.P. Ericson, Dario Zuccon, Robert Prys-Jones, Pamela C. Rasmussen
Phylogeny and new taxonomy of the Booted Eagles (Accipitriformes: Aquilinae) ( 2017 )
scientific article (publication date: 9 January 2017)
author: Heather Lerner, Pamela C. Rasmussen, Michael Wink, Meade Krosby, Leslie Christidis
ANITA GAMAUF, CAROLE GRIFFITHS, ELISABETH HARING, CHRISTOPHER J. HUDDLESTON, SONIA KABRA, ANNETT KOCUM, KIRSTI KVALØY, DAVID MINDELL, NILS RØV, RACHEL WADLEIGH, JAN OVE GJERSHAUG