User:Rufous-crowned Sparrow

birder and submits sightings to eBird.

JHU

This user attends or attended
Johns Hopkins University

9,000+

This user has made more than 9,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

the United Kingdom.

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This user has visited Myanmar.

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Crested Shelduck to good article status

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Rufous-crowned Sparrow to featured article status

.

Great Auk to featured article status

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Grey-necked Rockfowl to good article status

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Choiseul Pigeon to good article status

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Sulu Bleeding-heart to good article status

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White-necked Rockfowl

Me as drawn by Shyamal

Mostly, Rufous-crowned Sparrow (formerly known as European Bison Man until he forgot his password) works with bird articles. As a birder, he is fascinated by all of the species abroad that he is likely never to see.

So far, he has started forty-three pages of varying quality: Gallirallus,

New Caledonian Rail

,

New Caledonian Lorikeet

,

New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar

,

Beck's Petrel

,

Horned Parakeet

,

Crow Honeyeater

,

Azure-rumped Tanager

,

Guadalupe Junco

,

Thick-billed Parrot

,

Maroon-fronted Parrot

,

Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker

,

Coiba Spinetail

, Nino Konis Santana National Park,

Attmore-Oliver House

, Poecile,

Fan-tailed Warbler

,

Pariente's Fork-marked Lemur

, Columbina
, Claravis
,

Lava Heron

, Red and White Bundle, Titanohierax borrasi
,

Gunnison Sage-Grouse

, Daniel Alomía Robles,

Humphrey-Parkes terminology‎

,

Swallowtail Shiner

,

Sand Shiner

,

pecten

, uncinate processes of ribs, Rallicola extinctus,

List of North Carolina birds

, Phyllophaga nebulosa, Sansevieria cylindrica
, Strophomenida, Desmoxytes, Desmoxytoides hasenpuschorum
, Polydesmida, Heteropoda dagmarae, Periophthalmodon schlosseri
,

giant skippers

,

List of Maryland birds

,

Appalachian Azure

, Christian Jouanin, and Columbicola extinctus.

Outside these and the shiny boxes at the top of the page, Rufous-crowned Sparrow is also particularly proud of his contribution to the

Philippine Eagle

articles.

He has learned that plans he sets for Wikipedia tend to fail, and if history repeats itself, contributes in short bursts. In 2010 he planned on finalizing

Cape Fear Shiner for a possible FAC. He had decided to dedicate 2009 to improving Wikipedia's articles on the 190 critically endangered species of birds, with an overly ambitious plan to get 52 of them to either GA or FA status by December 31. He failed, but he still is interested in bringing critically endangered articles up to higher statuses. For a page detailing this project, go here. He also wants to start Rododendron vaseyi

.

DYK
...that

for five days after they hatch? Dec. 13, 2007 (1684 views)
...that the critically endangered duck
that has not been definitively seen since 1964, despite a handful of possible sightings and numerous surveys of its presumed habitat? Dec. 31, 2007 (1300 views)
...that the Todos Santos Islands
that has not been seen since the 1970s? Jan. 22, 2008 (725 views)
...that the toad endemic to northern Colombia
, was recently rediscovered after an absence of 14 years? March 31, 2008 (2099 views)
...that the monotypic genus Deltarhynchus because of its broad bill
? May 31, 2008 (819 views)
...that
predators
? Dec. 20, 2008 (2000 views)
...that the critically endangered species of bird, is only known from two isolated locations in Djibouti
? Jan. 4, 2009 (1400 views)
...that the not threatened with extinction, is uncommon in some parts of its Central American
range? April 26, 2009 (1305 views)
...that the
Appalachian Azure, a species of gossamer wings butterfly, can only feed on the flowers of the black cohosh
? May 15, 2009 (740 views)
...that Djibouti Francolin
? May 3, 2010 (989 views)
...that the White-necked Rockfowl, a vulnerable species of bird found in Upper Guinean forests
, builds its nests in caves out of mud? November 5, 2011 (2800 views)
...that the
Long-tailed Ground Roller, a species of bird endemic to Madagascar
, digs a tunnel in the sand as an entrance to its underground nest? November 18, 2011 (2200 views)
...that the
Congo Serpent Eagle may be one of few known examples of avian mimicry
? November 29, 2011 (6300 views)
...that the volcano
in 1953? April 22, 2013 (4985 views)
...that the
Choiseul Pigeon (pictured), which was endemic to the island of Choiseul in the Solomon Islands, was so tame that the indigenous hunters could pick it up off of its roost
? April 24, 2013 (6652 views)
...that the Purple-throated Cotinga
is considered a naturally rare species across its range? April 26, 2013 (3502 views)
...that despite its name, the
Band-tailed Pigeon
? April 28, 2013 (700 views)
...that though the Sulu Bleeding-heart
has not been definitively seen since 1891, there is still hope that it is not extinct? May 9, 2013 (9789 views)

Milestones:

California Condor
(not taken by me)

King Vulture
(not taken by me)

Imperial triple crown jewels. Durova^Charge!
23:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

1st edit (reason for coming back to Wikipedia): Greenville Zoo
100th edit:
Talk:Alpine Chough

250th edit:
Talk:Small-billed Tinamou

500th edit:
St. Helena Earwig

750th edit:
California Condor

1000th edit: Catullus 2
2000th edit:
Antiguan Racer

2500th edit: Emu
3000th edit:
Rufous-crowned Sparrow

4000th edit:
Buff-necked Ibis

5000th edit:
Schomburgk's Deer

6000th edit:
Sulawesi Owl

7000th edit:
Purple-throated Cotinga

7500th edit:
Crested Shelduck

8000th edit:
McCown's Longspur

9000th edit:
Sulu Bleeding-heart DYK Nomination

Quick Cuts:
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{{cite encyclopedia | last = Elliot| first = Andrew | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Sargatal | editor3-first =Jordi | title = Family Balaenicipitidae (Shoebill) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 1. Ostrich to Ducks| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 1992|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = McGowen| first = Philip J. K.| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Sargatal | editor3-first =Jordi | title = Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partridges) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 2. New World Vultures to Guineafowl| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 1994|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Ryan| first = Peter G.| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Christie| editor3-first =David| title = Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partridges) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2004|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Donald| first = Paul F.| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Christie| editor3-first =David| title = Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partridges) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2004|ref=harv}}RAZO
Fishpool L. & Tobias J. (2005) "Family Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls) in del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2005). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions.
ISBN 84-87334-72-5
FORMAT ME
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Crowe| first = Tim M.| last2 = Keith| first2 = Stuart| last3 = Brown| first3 = Leslie H.| editor3-last = Urban| editor3-first = Emil K.| editor-last = Fry| editor-first =C. Hilary | editor2-last = Keith| editor2-first =Stuart| title = Phasianidae, guineafowl, Congo Peacock, quail, partridges and francolins | encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume III | publisher = Academic Press| year = 1988 | location = London | isbn =0-12-137303-7 |ref=harv}}

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