Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978)
Author of Song and Garden Birds of North America
About the Author
Image credit: Alexander Wetmore [credit: USGS]
Series
Works by Alexander Wetmore
The book of birds, the first work presenting in full color all the major species of the United States and Canada (1939) — Editor — 74 copies
Song and Garden Birds of North America & Water [and] Prey and Game Birds of North America (1965) 46 copies
The Birds of the Republic of Panama, Part 2: Columbidae (Pigeons) to Picidae (Woodpeckers) (1968) 6 copies
The Birds of the Republic of Panama, Part 4: Passeriformes: Hirundinidae (Swallows) to Fringillidae (Finches) (1985) 4 copies
Birds and beasts 3 copies
Our migrant shorebirds in southern South America (Technical bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture) (1927) 2 copies
THE BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA. PART 1. TINAMIDAE (TINAMOUS) TO RYNCHO PICAE (SKIMMERS). (1981) 1 copy
New birds from Colombia 1 copy
Bird Life Among Lava Rocks and Coral Sand (article in the National Geographic Magazine, Vol. XLVIII, No. 1, July 1925). (1925) 1 copy
A Classification for the birds of the World (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 139, no. 11) 1 copy
Pleistocene birds in Bermuda 1 copy
Associated Works
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Wetmore, Alexander
- Legal name
- Wetmore, Frank Alexander
- Birthdate
- 1886-06-18
- Date of death
- 1978-12-07
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Kansas
George Washington University - Occupations
- ornithologist
avian paleontologist - Organizations
- Smithsonian Institution
United States Department of Agriculture
Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
Explorers Club - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- North Freedom, Wisconsin, USA
- Place of death
- Glen Echo, Maryland, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
Publication: Washington, 1933.
LC Call: Q11
Subjects:
Birds > Haiti
Birds > Cuba
LC Call: Q11
Subjects:
Birds > Haiti
Birds > Cuba
Nov 24, 2007Romanian
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- Works
- 69
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 893
- Popularity
- #28,688
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 15
- Languages
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