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Mr Stuart Irwin's (Yellow-bellied) Waxbill (1 Viewer)

Björn Bergenholtz

Björn Bergenholtz

(former alias "Calalp")
Sweden
Additional (sad) info ...

Michael Patrick Stuart Irwin ... "died on 13 September, 2017 in hospital in England, aged 92 ".

Death Notice in The Babbler, No. 138 (2017), newsletter of BirdLife Zimbabwe; here.

Commemorated in:
● the subspecies (Estrilda) Coccopygia quartinia stuartirwini CLANCEY 1969 as "Estrilda quartinia stuartirwini" (according to Avibase, OD unseen by me)

A bit more info on Wiki here.

R.I.P.

/B
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Sad news and what a great man. He once asked me if I was going to present him with a prepared skin or a mounted specimen when I sent him a record of a booted eagle. I suspect he was only half joking? His line was there is no such thing as a rare bird, only rare habitats.
 
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