Tito (Samuel) Narosky (born June 6, 1932)NLA Catalogue. is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

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 ...

and writer. Of the 20 books he has authored or co-authored, ''Birds of Argentina and Uruguay, a Field Guide'' is the best known, with over 40,000 copies sold. Narosky Birding in Patagonia

Narosky has studied and observed wild birds for more than 50 years, having made over 200 field trips and published hundreds of scientific papers and articles. He is closely associated with Aves Argentinas, the Argentine partner of

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since 1967, of which he is honorary president. He conducted their first birdwatching courses, edited the journal ''El Hornero'' and created the Argentinian Naturalist School. He added five new bird species for the country and one new to science: the

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, as well as records of previously unknown nests. In 2010 he presented the 16° edition of his classical Field Guide and the official ''Checklist of the Birds of Argentina'' (with Horacio Matarasso). He is president of the Scientific Assessor Committee of the South American Bird Fair Narosky

References

Sources

* * Argentina's Birds Checklist. 2010. Tito Narosky and Horacio Matarasso. Vazquez Mazini Editores * *

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de la South American Bird Fair
Tito Narosky en la historia de la Asociación Ornitológica del Plata Aves Argentinas
1932 births Living people Argentine ornithologists Argentine non-fiction writers Argentine people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Argentine people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Jewish Argentine writers {{ornithologist-stub