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Mostly, Rufous-crowned Sparrow (formerly known as European Bison Man until he forgot his password) works with bird articles. A fledging birder himself, he is fascinated by all of the species abroad that he is likely never to see.
He has started thirty-five pages of varying quality so far: 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, and Strophomenida.
Rufous-crowned Sparrow is also particularly proud of his contribution to the California Condor, King Vulture, Cape Fear Shiner, Antiguan Racer, Crested Shelduck, List of North Carolina birds, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Carrikeri Harlequin Frog, and Flammulated Flycatcher articles.
He is currently working on expanding the List of North Carolina birds list. For a sneak peek, see his Sandbox. He is also pondering creating a critically endangered species wikiproject, and is fiddling with a draft here. After he has finished this article, he is considering working on the Carolina Parakeet, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Labrador Duck, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Red-billed Quelea, Cape Hatteras Light, John James Audubon, New World Vulture, 1933 Double Eagle, Kenan Stadium, Catullus 49, Catullus 62, or Shoebill articles. He also is planning on working on the grouse articles.
DYK
...that hatchlings of the Cape Fear Shiner, a critically endangered minnow endemic to central North Carolina, feed off of their egg yolk for five days after they hatch? Dec. 13, 2007
...that the Crested Shelduck is a 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
...that the Rufous-crowned Sparrow, a medium-sized sparrow of the southwestern United States and Mexico, has a subspecies endemic to the Todos Santos Islands that has not been seen since the 1970s? Jan. 22, 2008
...that the Carrikeri Harlequin Frog, a critically endangered toad endemic to northern Colombia, was recently rediscovered after an absence of 14 years? March 31, 2008
... that the Flammulated Flycatcher, a tyrant flycatcher endemic to Mexico, was eventually placed in the monotypic genus Deltarhynchus because of its broad bill? May 31, 2008
Milestones:
It gives me great pleasure to thank
Rufous-crowned Sparrow for outstanding contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of birds by awarding these
Imperial triple crown jewels.
DurovaCharge! 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
1250th edit: Cornell University
1500th edit: Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
1750th edit: California Condor (rv main page vandalism)
2000th edit: Antiguan Racer
2250th edit: Crested Shelduck
2500th edit: Emu
2750th edit: List of North Carolina birds
3000th edit: Rufous-crowned Sparrow
3250th edit: Bird
3500th edit: Carrikeri Harlequin Frog
3750th edit: Streaked Xenops
4000th edit: Buff-necked Ibis
4250th edit: Cocos Island Finch
4500th edit: James K. Polk
4750th edit: Masked Booby
5000th edit: Schomburgk's Deer
Quick Cuts:
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<ref name=" Howell ">{{Citation| last =Howell| first = Steve N.G.| last2 = Webb| first2 = Sophie| title = A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America| place= New York| publisher = Oxford University Press| year = 1995|pages = 176|isbn = 0-19-854012-4 }}</ref>
<ref name=" Ridgely">{{Citation| last = Ridgely| first = Robert S| last2 = Gwynne, Jr.| first2 = John A.| title = A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras| place= Princeton, NJ| publisher = Princeton University Press| year =1989| edition = Second| pages = 84| isbn =0-691-02512-6 }}</ref>
<ref name=" Johnsgard">{{cite book| last = Johnsgard| first = Paul A.| title = The Grouse of the World| publisher = University of Nebraska Press | date = 1983| location = Lincoln, NE| pages =| isbn =0-8032-2558-X }}</ref>
{{cite book| last =Mackenzie| first =John P.S.| title = Birds of Prey| publisher = NorthWood, Inc| date = 1986| location = Toronto| pages =30| isbn =1-55971-019-5 }}
<ref name="WWFE">{{cite encyclopedia| title =INSERT ME | encyclopedia =The Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Extinct Species of Modern Times| volume =1| pages =INSERT ME| publisher =Beacham Publishing | date =1997}}</ref>
<ref name="WeidensaulA">{{cite book| last = Weidensaul| first =Scott | title =Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding| publisher =Harcourt, Inc| date =2007| location =New York| pages =INSERT ME | isbn =978-0-15-101247-3 }}</ref>
<ref name="Yearbook"> {{cite book| title =Rare Birds Yearbook 2008| publisher =MagDig Media Lmtd| date =2007| location =England| pages =INSERT ME| isbn =978-0-9552607-3-5 }}</ref>
<ref name="BirdsOfCarolinas">{{cite book| last = Porter| first = Eloise F. | coauthors = James F. Parnell, Robert P. Teulings, Ricky Davis| title = Birds of the Carolinas Second Edition| publisher = University of North Carolina Press | date = 2006| location = Chapel Hill, NC | pages = INSERT ME| isbn =978-0-8078-5671-0 }}</ref>
<ref name="EllisNTB">{{cite book| last = Ellis| first = Richard| authorlink = Richard Ellis (biologist) | title = No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species| publisher = Harper Perrenial | date = 2004| location = New York| pages = INSERT ME| isbn =0-06-055804-0 }}</ref>
<ref name="Audubon">{{cite book| last = Thompson| first = Ida| title = National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils| publisher = Alfred A. Knopf| date = 1982| location = New York| pages = INSERT ME| isbn =0-394-52412-8 }}</ref>
