Dr Guy Dutson is a British

United Kingdom

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-born veterinarian

Veterinarian

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, ornithologist

Ornithology

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 and a leader of birding

Birdwatching

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 tours, who is a world authority on the birds of the south-west Pacific region. He has rediscovered or described several bird species.

Dutson was educated at Cambridge University

University of Cambridge

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 where he studied veterinary science. As a veterinarian, Dutson worked in the UK, Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

 and South Africa

South Africa

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. In 1990 he led a Cambridge University expedition to the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

 and Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

, in the course of which he rediscovered the Superb Pitta

Superb Pitta

The Superb Pitta, Pitta superba, is a large pitta, approximately 22cm long. It has black plumage with turquoise blue wings, a scarlet belly and green-tipped secondaries. Both sexes are almost similar. The female is a slightly smaller and duller than the male.The Superb Pitta is distributed and...

 on Manus Island

Manus Island

Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Admiralty Islands. It is the fifth largest island in Papua New Guinea with an area of 2,100 km², measuring around 100 km × 30 km. According to the 2000 census, Manus Island had a...

. Expeditions to Indonesia

Indonesia

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 and the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 led to the rediscovery of the Tanahjampea Monarch

White-tipped Monarch

The White-tipped Monarch is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.-Distribution and habitat:...

 and the Cebu Flowerpecker

Cebu Flowerpecker

The Cebu Flowerpecker is a small passerine bird. It is endemic to Cebu Island in the Philippines.The Cebu Flowerpecker is a critically endangered breeding bird...

. In 2003 he rediscovered the Long-legged Warbler

Long-legged Warbler

The Long-legged Thicketbird, Trichocichla rufa, is a small Old World warbler endemic to Fiji. The species is sometimes known as the Long-legged Warbler. It is the sole representative of the genus Trichocichla....

 in Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

. In 2008 he described a new species of white-eye

Zosterops

Zosterops is a genus of birds containing the typical white-eyes. They are traditionally placed in the white-eye family, Zosteropidae, which may actually be a part of the Timaliidae, however...

, the Vanikoro White-eye

Vanikoro White-eye

The Vanikoro White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to Vanikoro in the Santa Cruz Islands of Temotu Province in the south-east of the Solomon Islands chain...

, from the Vanikolo Islands in the Solomons.

From 2000 to 2005, based in Fiji, Dutson established and managed the BirdLife International

BirdLife International

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 Pacific program, travelling extensively around the islands of Melanesia

Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia...

 and the south-west Pacific. He subsequently worked for Birds Australia

Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union

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 as the manager of the Australian Important Bird Area

Important Bird Area

An Important Bird Area is an area recognized as being globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations. Currently there are about 10,000 IBAs worldwide. The program was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International...

s program. Dutson's most recent publishing endeavour is a description of a high altitude observation of the Beautiful Firetail

Beautiful Firetail

The Beautiful Firetail is a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 km². The species inhabits temperate shrubland habitats in Australia...

 in East Gippsland, Australia.

Publications

Dutson wrote most of the Pacific Islands species accounts in the BirdLife publication Threatened Birds of the World. He is also involved in editing the same species for the Handbook of the Birds of the World

Handbook of the Birds of the World

The Handbook of the Birds of the World is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. The series is edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal and David A Christie.So far, 15...

. As well as numerous scientific papers and project reports, he has authored:

• 2002 - Field Guide to Birds of Melanesia. Premier Press. ISBN 978-0-85661-143-8
• 2006 - Important Bird Areas in Fiji: Conserving Fiji's Natural Heritage. BirdLife International. (Edited with Vilikesa T. Masibalavu). ISBN 978-982-9101-01-3