Grants & Awards – Page 2 – Association of Field Ornithologists

AFO grants & awards | Bergstrom Award helps Ph.D. student with research on threatened grassland birds in Argentina

Posted on February 24, 2021November 19, 2024 by Melanie Browne

When I was awarded my Ph.D. grant I was filled with excitement and joy as I would be able to study some of the most iconic bird species of northeastern Argentina’s vast grasslands: the Strange-tailed Tyrant (Alectrurus risora), the Black-and-white Monjita (Xolmis dominicanus), the Tawny-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila hypoxantha), and the recently described Iberá Seedeater (S. iberaensis). Read More

AFO grants & awards | Greg Davies: AFO’s 2019 Skutch Research Award recipient

Posted on August 18, 2019November 19, 2024 by Matthew Shumar

This year’s Pamela and Alexander F. Skutch Research Award goes to Greg Davies for research on Sungrebes in Costa Rica. Greg Davies is a naturalist and ornithologist hailing from South Africa and currently a Research Associate of the Ornithology Department of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California. Read More