James A. Jobling

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James A. Jobling
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James A. Jobling is a British naturalist and author. [1] Jobling is known for his work on the taxonomy of birds, writing and publishing one of the most comprehensive reference works on the etymology of the names of genera and species of birds around the world. [2] [3]

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Biography

Jobling was initially a civil servant with experience in finance and land registration. Since childhood, he had an interest in the natural world, especially in birds and their names. [1] He worked for several years writing the Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names, published in 1991 by Oxford University Press. The Dictionary would later be reissued by British publisher Helm in 2010, under the name Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. [4] Jobling became closely associated with Lynx Edicions through the creation and editing of the HBW Alive Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology (2014–2020), which was later incorporated into the Handbook of the Birds of the World. [5] This work would later be made a part of the online database Birds of the World.

He was a member of the British Ornithologists' Union and a committee member of the British Ornithologists' Club. [6]

Publications

Pseudopipra pipra, originally considered by Carl Linnaeus as congeneric with Pipra pipra. Jobling, along with Guy Kirwan and colleagues, provided its new genus name in a review of phylogenetic evidence. Dixiphia pipra - male.jpg
Pseudopipra pipra , originally considered by Carl Linnaeus as congeneric with Pipra pipra. Jobling, along with Guy Kirwan and colleagues, provided its new genus name in a review of phylogenetic evidence.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Birds of the World – New feature: The Key to Scientific Bird Names, Edited by James Jobling". birdsoftheworld.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  2. Jobling, James A. "Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". archive.org. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  3. "Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names – BirdGuides". www.birdguides.com. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  4. Swick, Nate (April 16, 2016). "Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names an Online Searchable Database". American Birding Association .
  5. Team eBird (January 8, 2022). "2021 Year in Review: eBird, Merlin, Macaulay Library, and Birds of the World". eBird .
  6. "Team – Birds of the World". birdsoftheworld.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  7. Kirwan, Guy M.; David, Normand; Gregory, Steven M. S.; Jobling, James A.; Steinheimer, Frank D.; Brito, Guilherme Renzo Rocha (2016-06-07). "The mistaken manakin: a new genus-group name for Parus pipra Linnaeus, 1758 (Aves: Passeriformes: Pipridae)". Zootaxa. 4121 (1): 89–94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4121.1.9. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   27395209 . Retrieved 2024-02-16.