Oliver Luther Austin, Jr.* (1903-05-24 - 1988-12-31) person
Ornithologist; Ph.D. from Harvard. Collected marine invertebrates from Labrador in 1928 while at Harvard as a student. His PhD was published in 1938 "The Birds of Newfoundland Labrador." Spent time in Japan after World War II. Director of the Austin Ornithological Research Center in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, later Professor of Zoology, Air University, and Curator of Ornithology, Florida Museum of Natural History.
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- Dr. Oliver Luther Austin Jr.
- Oliver Luther Austin, Jr. (preferred)
- Austin, O. L., Jr. (author)
- O. L. Austin, Jr. (second author)
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- Orn (2736 records) in years 1877-1982
- Mamm (251 records) in years 1926-1948
- Mala (13 records) in years 1940-1952
- Ich (8 records) in year 1928
- IZ (4 records) in years 1927-1928
Range of years collected is greater than 80 (1877-1982)
Collecting Event Map
- Arachnida: Linyphiidae (3 records) in years 1927-1928
- Asteroidea: Asteriidae (1 record) in year 1928
- Aves: Acanthizidae (3 records) in year 1944
- Aves: Accipitridae (47 records) in years 1926-1949
- Aves: Aegithalidae (25 records) in years 1945-1958
- Aves: Alaudidae (40 records) in years 1926-1948
- Aves: Alcedinidae (92 records) in years 1925-1948
- Aves: Alcidae (39 records) in years 1923-1949
- Aves: Anatidae (69 records) in years 1918-1949
- Aves: Apodidae (26 records) in years 1929-1947
- Aves: Ardeidae (24 records) in years 1897-1947
- Aves: Bombycillidae (2 records) in years 1945-1947
- Aves: Bucconidae (1 record) in year 1928
- Aves: Campephagidae (36 records) in years 1925-1948
- Aves: Caprimulgidae (6 records) in years 1928-1948
- Aves: Certhiidae (5 records) in year 1948
- Aves: Charadriidae (16 records) in years 1927-1947
- Aves: Cinclidae (15 records) in years 1946-1948
- Aves: Columbidae (86 records) in years 1928-1947
- Aves: Coraciidae (8 records) in year 1944
- Aves: Corvidae (80 records) in years 1927-1948
- Aves: Cotingidae (2 records) in year 1928
- Aves: Cracidae (1 record) in year 1928
- Aves: Cuculidae (14 records) in years 1928-1947
- Aves: Dendrocolaptidae (17 records) in year 1928
- Aves: Dicaeidae (9 records) in year 1944
- Aves: Diomedeidae (3 records) in year 1949
- Aves: Emberizidae (385 records) in years 1912-1950
- Aves: Estrildidae (9 records) in year 1944
- Aves: Falconidae (10 records) in years 1928-1947
- Aves: Formicariidae (8 records) in year 1928
- Aves: Fringillidae (137 records) in years 1927-1948
- Aves: Furnariidae (10 records) in year 1928
- Aves: Galbulidae (2 records) in year 1925
- Aves: Gaviidae (6 records) in years 1929-1948
- Aves: Gruidae (1 record) in year 1946
- Aves: Hemiprocnidae (7 records) in year 1944
- Aves: Hirundinidae (16 records) in years 1928-1948
- Aves: Hydrobatidae (8 records) in years 1927-1949
- Aves: Icteridae (15 records) in years 1927-1928
- Aves: Laniidae (23 records) in years 1946-1948
- Aves: Laridae (56 records) in years 1915-1949
- Aves: Megapodiidae (3 records) in year 1944
- Aves: Meliphagidae (28 records) in years 1943-1944
- Aves: Meropidae (3 records) in year 1944
- Aves: Momotidae (1 record) in year 1928
- Aves: Monarchidae (66 records) in years 1943-1948
- Aves: Motacillidae (66 records) in years 1927-1948
- Aves: Muscicapidae (245 records) in years 1928-1949
- Aves: Nectariniidae (12 records) in year 1944
- Aves: Panuridae (11 records) in year 1946
- Aves: Paridae (145 records) in years 1923-1982
- Aves: Parulidae (38 records) in years 1927-1929
- Aves: Phalacrocoracidae (8 records) in years 1947-1948
- Aves: Phalaropodidae (10 records) in years 1926-1928
- Aves: Phasianidae (34 records) in years 1928-1948
- Aves: Picidae (74 records) in years 1925-1948
- Aves: Pipridae (10 records) in year 1928
- Aves: Ploceidae (33 records) in years 1945-1948
- Aves: Podicipedidae (7 records) in years 1946-1949
- Aves: Procellariidae (13 records) in years 1927-1949
- Aves: Prunellidae (8 records) in years 1946-1948
- Aves: Psittacidae (74 records) in years 1925-1944
- Aves: Pycnonotidae (29 records) in years 1934-1948
- Aves: Rallidae (18 records) in years 1927-1949
- Aves: Ramphastidae (5 records) in year 1928
- Aves: Rostratulidae (1 record) in year 1946
- Aves: Scolopacidae (66 records) in years 1926-1959
- Aves: Sittidae (12 records) in years 1938-1948
- Aves: Stercorariidae (2 records) in year 1926
- Aves: Strigidae (22 records) in years 1926-1948
- Aves: Sturnidae (93 records) in years 1943-1948
- Aves: Sulidae (2 records) in years 1928-1944
- Aves: Sylviidae (64 records) in years 1928-1949
- Aves: Tetraonidae (17 records) in years 1928-1948
- Aves: Tinamidae (1 record) in year 1928
- Aves: Trochilidae (9 records) in year 1928
- Aves: Troglodytidae (27 records) in years 1928-1948
- Aves: Trogonidae (5 records) in year 1928
- Aves: Tyrannidae (40 records) in years 1925-1928
- Aves: Tytonidae (1 record) in year 1945
- Aves: Vireonidae (9 records) in year 1928
- Aves: Zosteropidae (65 records) in years 1877-1948
- Bivalvia: Arcidae (2 records) in year 1952
- Bivalvia: Tellinidae (1 record) in year 1940
- Gastropoda: Cassidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Cypraeidae (2 records) in year 1945
- Gastropoda: Littorinidae (2 records) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Mitridae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Muricidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Neritidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Planaxidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Subulinidae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Canidae (5 records) in years 1927-1930
- Mammalia: Cebidae (1 record) in year 1926
- Mammalia: Cervidae (1 record) in year 1927
- Mammalia: Cricetidae (112 records) in years 1927-1946
- Mammalia: Emballonuridae (5 records) in years 1928-1944
- Mammalia: Erethizontidae (1 record) in year 1927
- Mammalia: Felidae (1 record) in year 1926
- Mammalia: Muridae (40 records) in years 1927-1946
- Mammalia: Mustelidae (3 records) in years 1927-1948
- Mammalia: Ochotonidae (4 records) in year 1948
- Mammalia: Phyllostomatidae (3 records) in year 1928
- Mammalia: Pteropodidae (19 records) in year 1944
- Mammalia: Sciuridae (28 records) in years 1927-1948
- Mammalia: Soricidae (7 records) in years 1945-1946
- Mammalia: Talpidae (2 records) in year 1946
- Mammalia: Vespertilionidae (16 records) in years 1928-1947
- Mammalia: Zapodidae (2 records) in year 1928
- Mammalia: [no family] (1 record) in year 1944
- Osteichthyes: Cottidae (2 records) in year 1928
- Osteichthyes: Gadidae (1 record) in year 1928
- Osteichthyes: Osmeridae (1 record) in year 1928
- Osteichthyes: Salmonidae (4 records) in year 1928
- Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase
- 5 identifications for 5 Ornithology cataloged items
- reproductive condition for 1 Ornithology specimens
- Austin, O. L., Jr. 1948. The birds of Korea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 101(1):1–301.
- Austin, O. L., Jr. and N. N. Kuroda. 1953. The birds of Japan their status and distribution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 109(4):277–637.
- Austin, O. L., Jr. 1952. Notes on some petrels of the North Pacific. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 107(7):389–407.
- Austin, O. L., Jr. 1929. Birds of the Cayo District, British Honduras. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 69(11):361–394. 2 citations