ornithologist
- noun
- /ˌɔrnɪˈθɑlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
- Last summer, the ornithologist documented over fifty different types of birds during her research in the rainforest.
- ornithologists and ecologists
- field ornithologists
- British ornithologist
Examples
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Just last week was the North American Ornithological Conference, a major gathering of ornithologists in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The ornithologist observed the nesting habits of various bird species in their natural habitats.
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"I am a traveling field ornithologist looking to study migration in graduate school."
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In 1947, the late Australian ornithologist Dominic Serventy began bird population studies to help resolve this question.
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As a result, Omo National Park has much to offer both photographers and ornithologists.
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But based on the barnacle goose's looks and behavior, most ornithologists agree that it deserves separate species status.
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Ornithologists and amateur birders contribute recordings of bird songs collected from nations across the globe.
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"The Galapagos is the workshop of evolution," says research ornithologist Glyn Young of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
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In 1900, Audubon Society ornithologist Frank Chapman suggested Americans should count them instead, leading eventually to the creation of the Big Year, a competition to see the greatest number of birds in North America in a calendar year.
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Even fully domesticated waterfowl often resemble wild birds, but competent ornithologists can generally distinguish domestic forms by subtle differences in plumage and posture.
Academic text (2006)
How Experienced
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
ornithologist = ornithology (semi-transparent) = ornith + ist
Formation from the noun 'ornithology' with the regular agentive suffix '-ist' is a predictable derivation.
Etymology
Ornithologist comes from the Greek root ornith- meaning 'bird' and the ending -logist meaning 'one who studies'. So an ornithologist is a scientist who studies birds.