Alan R. Dean is a British
ornithologist
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...
with a special interest in
gulls and
warblers. He lives in
Solihull,
West Midlands.
He is a member of the
West Midland Bird Club
The West Midland Bird Club is the UK's largest regional ornithological society. It has been serving birdwatchers and ornithologists in the four English counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and (since its separation from the afo ...
and was an assistant editor of its Annual Reports for 1975–1980. He was a member of the
British Birds Rarities Committee from 1984–1992 and in 2007 published a comprehensive account of the committee's history and publications. He has published a number of identification papers in ''
British Birds''. His papers and articles on
Siberian chiffchaff
Siberian chiffchaff (''Phylloscopus collybita tristis'') is a leaf-warbler which is usually considered a subspecies of the common chiffchaff, but may be a species in its own right.
Range
Siberian chiffchaff breeds in Siberia east of the Pechor ...
have been of particular note.
In 2010, the West Midland Bird Club conferred on him life membership, in recognition of his contribution to ornithology.
Bibliography
Books
*''The Birds of the West Midlands'' By Graham R. Harrison, Alan R. Dean, Alan J. Richards and David Smallshire, West Midland Bird Club (1982)
Articles
*Glaucous and Iceland Gulls in the west Midlands. ''
British Birds'' 69:179 (1976) ()
* White-tailed Plover: new to Britain and Ireland. A. R. Dean, J. E. Fortey and E. G. Phillips. ''British Birds'' 70:465–471 (1977) ()
* Field characters of Isabelline and Brown Shrikes. ''British Birds'' 75:395-406 (1982)
* British status and identification of Greenish Warbler. ''British Birds'' 78:437-451, (1985)
* Seasonality of Herring Gulls in the west Midlands. ''British Birds'' 80: 632, (1987) ()
* Wintering Glaucous, Iceland and Herring Gulls in the Midlands. ''
Birdwatch'' (2002) ()
* Siberian Chiffchaff revisited. A.R. Dean and Lars Svensson. ''British Birds'' 98:396-410 (2005)
* The British Birds Rarities Committee: a review of its history, publications and procedures. ''British Birds'' 100:149-176 (2007)
* Enigmatic grey-and-white Common Chiffchaffs. ''British Birds'' 100:497-499 (2007)
* Colour nomenclature and Siberian Chiffchaff. ''British Birds'' 101:146-149 (2008)
* The status in Britain of 'Siberian Chiffchaff'. Alan Dean, Colin Bradshaw, John Martin, Andy Stoddart and Grahame Walbridge. ''British Birds'' 103:320-338 (2010)
* How many Siberian Chiffchaffs are reaching Britain? ''British Birds'' 106: 282-283 (2013)
References
External links
Official website
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English ornithologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people