Graham S. Cowles passed away (1 Viewer)

[Melanie]

Cowles did important research on the extinct bird fauna of the Mascarenes. On January 19, 2024 he passed away.

Graham Cowles, head of birds at the Natural History Museum who unearthed the ‘white dodo’ – obituary​

Graham Cowles, head of birds at the Natural History Museum who unearthed the ‘white dodo’ – obituary

His excavations in 1974 helped solve the mystery of Réunion’s fat, flightless bird, which became extinct soon after the Mauritius dodo

www.telegraph.co.uk

Unfortunately this article is behind a pay wall.

I hope there will be obituaries this year which are easier to access.

Graham Stewart Cowles

Cowles Graham Stewart passed away 0n 19th January aged 92. He will be greatly missed by his sister Judy, brother-in-law Howard, niece Sarah, nephews…

www.hertsad.co.uk

 

[Melanie]

I've just got a reply by Dr Julian Hume. He is currently writing an obituary for Cowles with two other colleagues. It will be published in one the IBIS issues this year.

 

[Fred Ruhe]

(sub)fossil taxa described by Graham S. Cowles

Genus

Mascarenachen Cowles, 1994, (now synonymized with Alopochen Stejneger, 1885)

Species

Mascarenachen kervazoi Cowles, 1994 (now Alopochen kervazoi (Cowles, 1994))

Nycticorax borbonensis Cowles, 1994 (now Nycticorax duboisi (Rothschild, 1907))

Falco duboisi Cowles, 1994

Literature:

Graham Stewart Cowles, 1994
A New Genus, Three New Species and Two New Records of Extinct Holocene Birds From Réunion Island, Indian Ocean
Géobios 27: 87-93


Fred