Allan Robert Phillips | |
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Born |
New York City, US | October 25, 1914
Died | January 26, 1996 | (aged 81)
Education | PhD from Cornell University in 1946 |
Occupation | Ornithologist |
Spouse | Juana Farfán Bautista de Phillips |
Children | 3 |
Allan Robert Phillips (October 25, 1914 – January 26, 1996) was an American ornithologist. He mainly studied birds in the southwestern United States and Mexico. His most notable work is The Birds of Arizona, co-authored with Joe Marshall and Gale Monson. [1] [2] [3]
Phillips, over the span of his almost 65-year career, published a total of 172 articles and other various written material. Except for one on a mammal, all of his works were on birds. Most of these articles were on the distribution, status, and taxonomy of the birds he studied. [1] [3]