Paul Salaman

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BioMap Director

E-mail: psalaman@gmail.com

MINI CURRICULUM VITAE

Broad interests in ornithological research and conservation. Main activities:

  • Neotropical biology and conservation.
  • Distribution and taxonomy of Colombian avifauna.
  • Research and conservation of endangered taxa.
  • Rapid Biodiversity Assessments, including collections-based research.

Project BioMap Manager: overall responsibility for managing this project funded by the Darwin Initiative and Conservation International, and responsible to an alliance of research and conservation organisations on three continents.

PROFESSIONAL HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  • 1988: Awarded “Young Ornithologist of the Year”
  • 1989-93: Bird recorder for Surrey-in-London
  • 1989-93: Committee member of Surrey Bird Club
  • 1989-93: Records committee of London Natural History Society
  • 1991: Winner of the first BP Conservation Award
  • 1992: Established the Río Ñambí Community Nature Reserve
  • 1991-92: Secretary to Cambridge University Explorers’ Club
  • 1991-93: President of Cambridge Student Birders
  • 1991-94: Committee member of Cambridge Bird Club
  • 1995: Royal Geographical Society award “National Young Explorer of the Year”
  • 2001 – 2006: Committee member of British Ornithologists’ Club.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

SALAMAN, P. Ed. (1994) Surveys and conservation of biodiversity in the Chocó, south-west Colombia. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International Study Report 61.

SALAMAN, P. (1995) The rediscovery of Tumaco Seedeater Sporophila insulata. Cotinga 4: 33-35.

SALAMAN, P. & Stiles, F.G. (1996) A distinctive new species of vireo (Passeriformes: Vireonidae) from the Western Andes of Colombia. Ibis 138: 610-619.

Mazariegos Jr, L & SALAMAN, P. (1999) Rediscovery of the Colorful Puffleg Eriocnemis mirabilis. Cotinga 11: 34-41.

Cuervo, A.C., SALAMAN, P., Donegan T.M.& Ochoa J.M. (2001). A new species of Piha (Cotingidae: Lipaugus) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia. Ibis 143: 353-368.

SALAMAN, P., Stiles, F.G., Bohórquez, C.I., Álvarez-R., M.,Donegan, T.M. &Cuervo, A. (In press). New and noteworthy bird records from the Andean East slope of Colombia. Caldasia.