James Clements
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Dr. James Franklin (Jim) Clements (October 31, 1927-June 9, 2005) was an ornithologist and author. He was born in New York.
He married Mary Norton and they had two sons. He married a second time, to Karen.
He received his PhD from California Western University in 1975. His thesis became the first edition of his Birds of the World, A Check List (now in its fifth edition)
A bird, the Iquitos Gnatcatcher, Polioptila clementsi. is named after him.
He died at Tri-City Hospital, Oceanside, California of complications associated with acute myloid leukemia.
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- Birds of the World, A Check List
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