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{{short description|American ornithologist}}
{{Infobox scientist | name = Alexander Frank Skutch | image = AlexanderFSkutch.jpg<!--(filename only)--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|05|20}} | birth_place = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|05|12|1904|05|20}} | death_place = San Isidro de El General, [[Costa Rica]] | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = [[Ornithology]]<br>[[Botany]]<br/>[[Philosophy]] | workplaces = | alma_mater = [[Johns Hopkins University]]| thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = Skutch | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | spouse = Pamela Lankester}}
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==Biography==
Alexander Skutch was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pearce|first=Jeremy|date=June 17, 2004|title=Alexander Skutch, 99, Expert on Central American Birds|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/07/us/alexander-skutch-99-expert-on-central-american-birds.html}}</ref> He received a [[
In 1941 Skutch purchased a farm in [[Costa Rica]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stiles|first=F. Gary|date=2005-04-01|title=In Memoriam: Alexander F. Skutch, 1904–2004
<blockquote>A lifelong [[vegetarian]], Skutch grew corn, [[yucca]] and other crops, and, without running water until the 1990s, bathed and drank from the nearest stream. He believed in "[[Simple living|treading lightly on the mother Earth]]". With his wife Pamela, daughter of the English naturalist, botanist, and [[orchidologist]] [[Charles H. Lankester]], whom he married in 1950, and their adopted son Edwin, he stayed there for the rest of his life.</blockquote>
Skutch wrote over 40 books and over 200 papers on ornithology, preferring a descriptive style and eschewing statistics and even [[bird ringing|banding]].<ref name=marren>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/alexander-skutch-730566.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213190733/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/alexander-skutch-730566.html |archive-date=2009-12-13 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title= Alexander Skutch - Old-fashioned naturalist who became the world's foremost expert on Neotropical birds |last=Marren|first=Peter|date= June 14, 2004|work=[[The Independent]] |
==Selected publications==
As well as numerous contributions to the scientific literature, books and book-length papers authored or coauthored by Skutch include:
* 1954 – ''Life Histories of Central American Birds I: Families Fringillidae, Thraupidae, Icteridae, Parulidae and Coerebidae''. (''Pacific Coast Avifauna'' No.31). Cooper Ornithological Society: Berkeley. [https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/pca/pca_031.pdf PDF]
* 1960 – ''Life Histories of Central American Birds II: Families Vireonidae, Sylviidae, Turdidae, Troglodytidae, Paridae, Corvidae, Hirundinidae and Tyrannidae''. (''Pacific Coast Avifauna'' No.34). Cooper Ornithological Society: Berkeley. [https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/pca/pca_034.pdf PDF]
* 1967 – ''Life histories of Central American highland birds''. (''Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club'' No.7). Harvard University: Cambridge. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/155273 BHL]
* 1969 – ''Life histories of Central American birds III: Families Cotingidae, Pipridae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptidae, and Picidae''. (''Pacific Coast Avifauna'' No.35). Cooper Ornithological Society: Berkeley. [https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/pca/pca_035.pdf PDF]
* 1970 – ''The Golden Core of Religion''. Holt, Rinehart and Winston: New York. {{ISBN|0-03-085082-7}}
* 1971 – ''A Naturalist in Costa Rica''. University of Florida Press: Gainesville. {{ISBN|0-8130-0312-1}}. [https://archive.org/details/naturalistincost0000skut Internet Archive, 1992 2nd edition, registration required]
* 1972 – ''Studies of Tropical American Birds''. (''Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club'' No.10). Harvard University: Cambridge. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57146471 BHL]
* 1973 – ''The Life of the Hummingbird''. Crown Publishers: New York. {{ISBN|0-517-50572-X}}. [https://archive.org/details/lifeofhummingbir00skut Internet Archive, registration required]
* 1976 – ''Parent Birds and Their Young''. (Corrie Herring Hooks series, No.2). University of Texas Press: Austin. {{ISBN|0-292-76424-3}}
* 1977 – ''A Bird Watcher's Adventures in Tropical America''. (Corrie Herring Hooks series, No.3). University of Texas Press: Austin. {{ISBN|0-292-70722-3}}
* 1979 – ''The Imperative Call: A Naturalist's Quest in Temperate and Tropical America''. University of Florida Press: Gainesville. {{ISBN|0-8130-0579-5}}
* 1980 – ''A Naturalist on a Tropical Farm''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). University of California Press. {{ISBN|0-520-03802-9}}. [https://archive.org/details/naturalistontrop00skut Internet Archive, registration required]
* 1981 – ''New Studies of Tropical American Birds''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). (Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club No.19). Harvard University: Cambridge. {{ISBN|1-877973-29-7}}. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57272736 BHL]
* 1983 – ''Birds of Tropical America''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). (Corrie Herring Hooks series, No.5). University of Texas Press: Austin. {{ISBN|0-292-74634-2}}
* 1984 – ''Aves De Costa Rica''. (Illustrated by John S. Dunning). Editorial Costa Rica: San Jose. {{ISBN|9977-23-108-7}}
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* 1985 – ''Life Ascending''. University of Texas Press: Austin. {{ISBN|0-292-70374-0}}
* 1985 – ''Life of the Woodpecker''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). Ibis Publishing: Santa Monica. {{ISBN|0-934797-00-5}}
* 1987 – ''Helpers at Birds' Nests: A Worldwide Survey of Cooperative Breeding and Related Behavior''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). (1st edition). University Of Iowa Press. {{ISBN|0-87745-150-8}}. [https://archive.org/details/helpersatbirdsne00skut_0 Internet Archive, registration required]
* 1987 – ''A Naturalist Amid Tropical Splendor''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). University of Iowa Press. {{ISBN|0-87745-163-X}}
* 1989 – ''A Guide
* 1989 – ''Birds Asleep''. (Corrie Herring Hooks series, No.14). University of Texas Press: Austin. {{ISBN|0-292-70773-8}}. [https://archive.org/details/birdsasleep00skut Internet Archive, registration required]
* 1989 – ''Life of the Tanager''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). Comstock Publishing: Ithaca. {{ISBN|0-8014-2226-4}}
* 1991 – ''Life of the Pigeon''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). Comstock Publishing: Ithaca. {{ISBN|0-8014-2528-X}}
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* 1996 – ''Antbirds and Ovenbirds: Their Lives and Homes''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). University of Texas Press: Austin. {{ISBN|0-292-77705-1}}
* 1996 – ''Orioles, Blackbirds, and Their Kin: A Natural History''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). University of Arizona Press. {{ISBN|0-8165-1601-4}}
* 1996 – ''The Minds of Birds''. (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series, No.23). Texas A&M University Press: College Station. {{ISBN|0-89096-671-0}}<ref>{{cite journal|author=Kroodsma, Donald E.|
* 1997 – ''Life of the Flycatcher''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). University of Oklahoma: Norman. {{ISBN|0-8061-2919-0}}
* 1999 – ''Helpers at Birds' Nests: A Worldwide Survey of Cooperative Breeding and Related Behavior''. (Illustrated by Dana Gardner). (2nd expanded edition). University Of Iowa Press. {{ISBN|0-87745-674-7}}
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==Skutch Award==
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After a joint meeting of the [[Association of Field Ornithologists]], [[American Birding Association]] and Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica held in San Jose, Costa Rica, in 1997, Skutch made an [[Financial endowment|endowment]] to the [[Association of Field Ornithologists]] to establish a research award.
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.focusonnature.com/SkutchFeature.htm Alexander Skutch, a Naturalist in Costa Rica]
*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1899701 NPR: Alexander Skutch Remembered]
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*[http://www.avesdecostarica.org/ Asociacion Ornitologica de Costa Rica]
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