Charles Vaurie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Vaurie

American ornithologist

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1906

Place of Birth: Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 13-May-1975

Profession: zoologist, ornithologist, paleontologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Charles Vaurie (7 July 1906, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, France – 13 May 1975, Reading, Pennsylvania) was a French-born American ornithologist.
He was born in France, but moved to Trenton, New Jersey as a youth.
He studied at New York University and then qualified as a dentist at the University of Pennsylvania in 1928. An interest in painting birds developed, and after marrying his entomologist wife, Patricia Wilson, in 1934, the two shared numerous field trips.
Vaurie became associated with the American Museum of Natural History and by 1946 he was a Research Associate.
He went on to produce more than 150 ornithological publications.
His most important work was a systematic review of Palearctic birds.
By 1956, he was a full-time ornithologist at AMNH, and rose to Curator by 1967.
At the time of his death he was a member of the Standing Committee on Ornithological Nomenclature of the International Ornithological Congress. He described for the first time the cryptic flycatcher (Ficedula crypta), Vilcabamba thistletail (Schizoeaca vilcabambae), and Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus).