José Ignacio Borrero (1921–2004) was a

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ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

. He was a professor in the Department of Biology at the

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. He is commemorated in the name of the possibly extinct Borrero's Cinnamon Teal (''Anas cyanoptera borreroi'').

Works

BORRERO H., J. I. 1955. Apuntes sobre aves colombianas (Nº 2). Lozania, Acta Zoológica Colombiana 9:1-15. BORRERO H., J. I. 1958. Aves de Caza Colombianas, Parte Anatidae. Rev. Universidad Nacional de Colombia 23:111-188. BORRERO H., J. I. 1962. Notas varias sobre Asio ammeus bogotensis en Colombia. Rev. Biol. Trop. 10(1):45-59. BORRERO H., J. I. 1963. El Lago de Tota. Revista de la. Facultad Nacional de Agronomía 23(58):1-15. BORRERO H., J. I. 1967. Mamíferos Neotropicales. Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Biología, Cali. BORRERO H., J. I. 1972. Aves de Caza Colombianas. Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Biología, Cali. (120 especies, ilustrado por Margot Bracholz). BORRERO H., J. I. 1972. Historia natural de la Garza del Ganado Bubulcus ibis en Colombia. Cespedesia 1:387-479. BORRERO H., J. I. 1974. Notes on the structure of the upper eyelid of Potoos (Nyctibius). Condor 76:210-240. OLIVARES, A. 1958. Monografía de los tinamúes colombianos. Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia 23:245-301.

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