Lars Svensson (ornithologist) explained

Lars Gunnar Georg Svensson (born 30 March 1941) is a Swedish ornithologist,^[1] who received an honorary degree from the Uppsala University in 2004.^[2] He specialises in the identification of passerine birds. In 2008 he published a paper on the poorly known large-billed reed-warbler (Acrocephalus orinus)^[3] which "dramatically changed ornithological perception of the Large-billed Reed Warbler".^[4]

Selected publications

• Collins Bird Guide, with Peter J. Grant, Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterström
• Identification Guide to European Passerines

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lars Svensson . Bonnier Fakta . sv . 16 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100822180957/http://www.bonnierfakta.se/Upphovsman/Forfattarpresentationssida/?personId=6330 . 22 August 2010 . dead .
2. Web site: Filosofie hedersdoktorer om intet annat anges; teknologie hedersdoktorer markeras (TeknD) . . sv . 16 June 2010.
3. Lars . Svensson . Robert . Prŷs-Jones . Pamela C. . Rasmussen . Urban . Olsson . 2008 . Discovery of ten new specimens of large-billed reed warbler Acrocephalus orinus, and new insights into its distributional range . . 39 . 6 . 605–610 . 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04634.x .
4. Robert J. . Timmins . Naqeebullah . Mostafawi . Ali . Madad Rajabi . Hafizullah . Noori . Stephane . Ostrowski . Urban . Olsson . Lars . Svensson . Colin M. . Poole . 2009 . The discovery of Large-billed Reed Warblers Acrocephalus orinus in north-eastern Afghanistan . BirdingASIA . . 12 . 42–45 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120511092030/http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/ba12pdfs/Timmins-LBWarbler.pdf . 2012-05-11 .