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George Sangster

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#109

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#130

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Zoology

#686

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#1340

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PhD Ornithology Leiden University
Masters Biology Leiden University
Bachelors Biology Leiden University

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According to Wikipedia, George Sangster is a Dutch ornithologist. He specialises in taxonomy and has written many articles on this subject for the magazines Dutch Birding, British Birds and other publications. He is a member of the Dutch, British and European taxonomic committees.

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Guidelines for assigning species rank (2002) (299)
Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation (2018) (144)
Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: Sixth report (2012) (121)
Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae). (2010) (91)
Taxonomic recommendations for British birds (2002) (86)
The application of species criteria in avian taxonomy and its implications for the debate over species concepts (2014) (81)
Declining rates of species described per taxonomist: slowdown of progress or a side-effect of improved quality in taxonomy? (2015) (71)
Increasing numbers of bird species result from taxonomic progress, not taxonomic inflation (2009) (66)
The spatio-temporal colonization and diversification across the Indo-Pacific by a ‘great speciator’ (Aves, Erythropitta erythrogaster) (2013) (58)
A New Owl Species of the Genus Otus (Aves: Strigidae) from Lombok, Indonesia (2013) (49)
The taxonomic status of Carrion and Hooded Crows (2003) (48)
Taxonomic recommendations for European birds (2002) (47)
Taxonomic recommendations for Western Palearctic birds : 11th report (2013) (33)
Integrative Taxonomy of Birds: The Nature and Delimitation of Species (2018) (32)
Taxonomic Stability and Avian Extinctions (2000) (32)
A name for the flamingo–grebe clade (2005) (30)
The evolution of mimicry of friarbirds by orioles (Aves: Passeriformes) in Australo-Pacific archipelagos (2016) (25)
Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: third report † (2005) (24)
Integrative taxonomy reveals Europe's rarest songbird species, the Gran Canaria blue chaffinch Fringilla polatzeki (2016) (24)
Systematic notes on Asian birds. 41. Territorial songs and species-level taxonomy of nightjars of the Caprimulgus macrurus complex, with the description of a (2004) (20)
Territorial songs and species-level taxonomy of nightjars of the Caprimulgus macrurus complex, with the description of a new species. (2004) (18)
Systematic revision of the avian family Cisticolidae based on a multi-locus phylogeny of all genera. (2013) (18)
The effects of pre-admission antibiotics on the bacteriological diagnosis of pyogenic meningitis. (1978) (17)
Sharp Increase of Problematic Mitogenomes of Birds: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies (2021) (17)
Species boundaries in the Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull complex (2011) (17)
Retrobulbar neuritis and infectious mononucleosis. (1975) (15)
Dutch avifaunal list: taxonomic changes in 1999-2003 (2004) (15)
The taxonomic status of Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis (2001) (14)
Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni (Sylvioidea): the sole African member of a Palaeotropic Miocene avifauna (2011) (14)
Bacterial meningitis 1940–79 (1982) (14)
Genetic distance as a test of species boundaries in the Citril Finch Serinus citrinella : a critique and taxonomic reinterpretation. (2008) (14)
Species limits in Acrocephalus and Hippolais warblers from the Western Palearctic (2004) (14)
Species limits within the genus Melanitta, the scoters (2006) (14)
Species boundaries in the Herring Gull complex (2008) (12)
The specific status of Balearic and Yelkouan shearwaters (2002) (12)
A name for the clade formed by owlet-nightjars, swifts and hummingbirds (Aves) (2005) (11)
A new genus for the Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1850 (Aves, Rallidae) (2015) (10)
Sillem's Mountain Finch Leucosticte sillemi is a valid species of rosefinch (Carpodacus, Fringillidae) (2016) (10)
Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds (2022) (10)
New seabird records from Aruba, southern Caribbean, including three pelagic species new for the island (2013) (10)
Complete subspecies-level phylogeny of the Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes): Out of Australasia and return. (2019) (10)
Molecular and morphological evidence for the subspecific identity of Bryde's whales in the southern Caribbean (2015) (9)
The taxonomic status of Macqueen's Bustard (2004) (8)
Species limits in the Red-breasted Flycatcher (2005) (8)
The taxonomic status of 'phylogroups' in the Parus teneriffae complex (Aves): comments on the paper by Kvist et al. (2005). (2006) (7)
The published complete mitochondrial genome of Eptesicus serotinus is a chimera of Vespertilio sinensis and Hypsugo alaschanicus (Mammalia: Chiroptera) (2020) (7)
AERC TAC's taxonomic recommendations: 2011 report (2011) (7)
The rediscovery of Strix butleri (Hume, 1878) in Oman and Iran, with molecular resolution of the identity of Strix omanensis Robb, van den Berg and Constantine, 2013 (2015) (6)
Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: seventh report (2011) (6)
Acoustic Differences between the Scoters Melanitta nigra nigra and m. n. americana (2009) (6)
A revision of Vermivora (Parulidae), with the description of a new genus (2008) (6)
Multiple species within the Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera– Brown Prinia P. polychroa complex revealed through an integrative taxonomic approach (2020) (6)
Dutch Avifaunal List: Taxonomic Changes in 2004–2008 (2009) (5)
The mucocutaneous syndromes--Erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson and Ectodermosis erosiva pluriorificialis. (1982) (5)
Dutch avifaunal list: taxonomic changes in 1977-1997 (1997) (5)
A new genus for the waterthrushes (Parulidae) (2008) (5)
Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: seventh report: Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: seventh report (2010) (5)
Correction to ‘The evolution of mimicry of friarbirds by orioles (Aves: Passeriformes) in Australo-Pacific archipelagos’ (2016) (4)
Specific status of taxa within the Greenish Warbler complex (2003) (3)
Scientific data laundering: Chimeric mitogenomes of a sparrowhawk and a nightjar covered-up by forged phylogenies (2021) (3)
Paraclaravis, a new genus for the Purple-winged and Maroon-chested Ground-doves (Aves: Columbidae). (2018) (2)
Chimeric mitochondrial genomes: a hazard for phylogenetics and environmental DNA identification of fishes (2020) (2)
Feraequornithes: a name for the clade formed by Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes (Aves) (2021) (2)
The published complete mitochondrial genome of the milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus) is a misidentified Pacific spadenose shark (Scoliodon macrorhynchos) (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes) (2021) (2)
A 90-year-old mystery solved: a potentially new species of owl from Príncipe (2016) (2)
A new genus for the White-tailed Flycatcher Cyornis concretus (Aves: Muscicapidae). (2021) (2)
Cryptic species in a colorful genus: integrative taxonomy of the bush robins (Aves, Muscicapidae, Tarsiger) suggests two overlooked species. (2022) (2)
The correct genus name of Bonapartia pedaliota (Teleostei: Gonostomatidae). (2021) (1)
Pteruthiidae and Erpornithidae (Aves: Corvides): two new family-group names for babbler-like outgroups of the vireos (Vireonidae) (2022) (1)
Review of: Festschrift for Ned Johnson: Geographic variation and evolution in birds by C Cicero and J V Remsen. (2008) (1)
Taxonomic revision of the Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) complex based on vocalizations reveals three species (2021) (1)
A new species of scops-owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Otus) from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa) and novel insights into the systematic affinities within Otus (2022) (1)
Some Problems in the Application of Blood Grouping Techniques to the Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) (1972) (0)
The taxonomic status of Palearctic and Nearctic populations of northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis (Aves, Accipitridae): New evidence from vocalisations (2022) (0)
A new subfamily taxon for Sasia and Verreauxia (Picidae) (2022) (0)
Integrative taxonomy documents two additional cryptic Erithacus species on the Canary Islands (Aves) (2022) (0)
Comments on the work ‘The White-cheeked Geese: Branta canadensis, B. maxima, B. ‘lawrensis’, B. hutchinsii, B. leucopareia , and B. minima . Taxonomy, ecophysiographic relationships, biogeography, and evolutionary considerations, Volume 1, Eastern taxa; Volume 2, Western taxa, biogeography, and evol (2018) (0)
Letter: Hospital services for children with infectious diseases. (1974) (0)
Figure 1 from: Sangster G, Mayr G (2021) Feraequornithes: a name for the clade formed by Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes (Aves). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 49-53. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e61728 (0)
Comments on the work ‘The White-cheeked Geese […]’ by Harold C. Hanson: proposed suppression for nomenclatural purposes (Case 3682; see BZN 72: 209–216) (2015) (0)
Taxonomic revision of the Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) complex based on vocalizations reveals three species (2021) (0)
Integrative taxonomy of birds : Studies into the nature, origin and delimitation of species (2013) (0)
The development of guidelines to assist in defining species limits (2006) (0)
progress or a sideeffect of improved quality in taxonomy (2014) (0)
Review of: Nightjars, Potoos, Frogmouths, Oilbord and Owlet-nightjars of the World by N. Cleere (2012) (0)
The generic status of Black-browed Albatross and other albatrosses (2007) (0)
The correct name of the antpitta clade (2021) (0)
Review of: Systematic notes on Asian birds 2010 by D R Wells. (2011) (0)
Controversies over taxonomic and nomenclatural instability: an empirical approach (2011) (0)
A family name for the Crested Shrikejay Platylophus galericulatus (2021) (0)
OP-GBEV210210 1..14 (2021) (0)
Review of: Owls of the World: a photographic guide by H. Mikkola. (2013) (0)
Evidence for two likely cases of scientific misconduct in avian phylogenetics : fabrication of false phylogenies (2019) (0)
HOSPITAL SERVICE FOR CHILDREN WITH INFECTIVE DISEASES (1974) (0)
The ring species concept revisited (2013) (0)
Figure 1 from: Sangster G, Mayr G (2021) Feraequornithes: a name for the clade formed by Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes (Aves). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 49-53. https://doi.org/10.3897/vertebrate-zoology.71.e61728 (0)
HOSPITAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES (1974) (0)
A new genus for Thalurania ridgwayi (Trochilidae) (2023) (0)
The rediscovery of Strix butleri (Hume, 1878) in Oman and Iran, with molecular resolution of the identity of Strix omanensis Robb, van den Berg and Constantine, 2013 (2016) (0)
Niltavinae, a new taxon of Old World flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae). (2016) (0)
Letter: Hospital service for children with infective diseases. (1974) (0)
A new genus for the tiny hawk Accipiter superciliosus and semicollared hawk A. collaris (Aves: Accipitridae), with comments on the generic name for the crested goshawk A. trivirgatus and Sulawesi goshawk A. griseiceps (2021) (0)

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