Peter Colston
Peter Colston may refer to: *Peter Colston (ornithologist) (born 1935), English ornithologist *Peter Colston (rugby union) Peter James Colston (died December 2022) was an English rugby union player and coach. In a playing career which lasted from 1957 to 1967 he played 252 first team matches for Bristol, scoring 21 tries. He also played for the Gloucestershire and Som ...

Peter Colston (ornithologist)
Peter R. Colston (born 1935) is an English ornithologist. Colston was Senior Curator at the Natural History Museum until his retirement in 1995. He joined the staff of the museum in 1961, and made collecting trips to Andalucia, Australia and Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area .... He became an expert on African birds, publishing description of four new species, including Appert's greenbul. Between 1989 and 1995 he made private trips to China, with Per Alström and Urban Olsson, where they discovered three previously undescribed ''Phylloscopus'' warblers. Works *''A Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain & Europe'' (with Ian Lewington and Per Alström) *''The Waders of Britain and Europe'' (with Philip Burton) *''BIRDS of MOUNT NIMBA West Africa LIBERIA ( ...
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