Article ID: CBB000931234

The Ornithological Observations of James Parsons Burkitt in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (2009)

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James Parsons Burkitt (1870--1959), a civil engineer and County Surveyor of Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, was one of the pioneers of modern ornithology. He was an experienced field ornithologist when, during the early 1920s, he designed and conducted the first population study of a bird, the robin (Erithacus rubecula), based on marked (ringed) individuals. He discovered details of territorial behaviour, song, and threat display, and estimated the average life-span of this bird. After the completion of his robin study he continued to observe and to publish on the birds around his home. In this biographical paper, hitherto unreported details of his ornithological work, including a series of maps showing the robins' territories at Lawnakilla (1922--1926), are provided, and the places near Enniskillen where Burkitt lived and studied birds are located. Keywords. robin, population study, territory, mapping, bird-ringing, Lawnakilla, Enniskillen, Lough Erne

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Authors & Contributors
Warner, Charles H. (Chuck)
Jeremy J. D. Greenwood
Karl Schulze-Hagen
James Parry
Grodwohl, Jean-Baptiste
Wimpenny, Jo
Concepts
Ornithology
Biographies
Zoology
Animal behavior
Birds
Naturalists
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
England
United States
Germany
Kansas (U.S.)
London (England)
Institutions
British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
Smithsonian Institution
Linnean Society of London
American Museum of Natural History, New York
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
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