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John P. O'Neill

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John O'Neil is a renowned ornithologist and former director of the Museum of Natural Science at Louisiana State University. O’Neill has discovered and described 14 new bird species, including three new genera. In 2008, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Merit Award by the President of Peru in recognition of his contributions to ornithological studies of Peruvian birds. He has published dozens of scientific papers, mainly on the taxonomy of birds, but his milestone publication was The Birds of Peru, published by Helm in 2007, which was initiated, co-authored, and co-illustrated by O’Neill. Widely recognised as the most authoritative field guide for birdwatchers and ornithologists traveling to Peru and Bolivia, the text represents the culmination of his more than 40 years of fieldwork and research.
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