Harry Church Oberholser

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Harry Church Oberholser (June 25, 1870-December 25, 1963) was an American ornithologist.

Oberholser worked for the United States Bureau of Biological Survey (later the United States Fish and Wildlife Service) from 1895 to 1941, first as an ornithologist, later as a biologist, and finally as an editor. He was the author of a number of books and articles. The Empidinax oberholseri (Dusky Flycatcher) was named in honor of him.

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  • The Bird Life of Texas (1974) ISBN 0-292-70711-8
  • Birds of Mt. Kilimanjaro (1905)
  • Birds of the Anamba Islands (1917)
  • The Bird Life of Louisiana (1938)
  • When Passenger Pigeons Flew in the Killbuck Valley (1999) ISBN 1-888683-96-1
  • Critical notes on the subspecies of the spotted owl
  • The birds of the Tambelan Islands, South China Sea
  • The great plains waterfowl breeding grounds and their protection (1918)

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