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Author and Illustrator Miles McMullan in his Studio

Miles McMullan(born William Niall McMullan,[1]1 August 1967 inBangor) is an author, conservationist and naturalist fromNorthern Ireland,who has made innovative books on neotropical wildlife.

Early life

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McMullan studied atOur Lady and St. Patrick's College,Ulster UniversityandTrinity College, Dublin.[2]He worked as a prize-winning landscape andportrait painterin his early years.[3][4]He qualified as aneditorand worked for several years writing academic texts before concentrating in thewildlifefield guides that he has made since 2008.[5][4][6]

Career as an Author

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McMullan has specialised in making nature guidebooks for the most diverse countries of tropicalSouth Americancountries[3]includingVenezuela,ColombiaandEcuador,where he has also worked as anaturalistguide, birding tourguide and author.[7]His influential guide to the birds of Colombia was named second best bird book of 2010,[8]second only to the acclaimedCollins Birds of Europe,[9]andNeotropical Bird Clubnamed his guides among the 25 best books of the past 25 years,[10]noting their concise treatment of very large avifaunas.

His Colombia book, with over 5000 illustrations and 2000 range distribution maps has been described as among the largest books ever made by a single author/illustrator.[11]His books marked a divergence from the style used in previous national guidebooks.[8][12][7]

Titles

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His titles include Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia (with Thomas Donegan)[13][6][14][15][5](2010, updates in 2014 and 2018), Fieldbook of the Birds of Ecuador (with Lelis Navarrete)[16](2013, updated 2017), Field Guide to the Hummingbirds[17](2016), Field Guide to the Galapagos Islands[18](2017), Birds of the Colombian Andes[19](2019), Birds of Meta and the Colombian Llanos[20](2019), Birds of the Western Cordillera[21](2019), Birds and Common Mammals of Ecuadorian Amazon (with Andrés Vásquez)[22](2012), Birds of Northwest Ecuador (with Andrés Vásquez)[23]and many other titles such as regional and reserve guides. He has published many smaller guidebooks and has spoken of the importance of smaller local guidebooks and pamphlets in developing a strong rural economy that supports conservation and ecology.[24]

Additionally, he has been author or co-author of several research papers, magazine and journal articles.[25][26]His illustrations have appeared in several other books, articles, publications, including forming part of the natural history collection of theLuis Angel Arango Libraryof the National Bank of Colombia.[27][28][1]

Conservation and Other Work

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McMullan has worked with a number of conservation organizations and foundations, especially in bird conservation in the tropical Americas.[29][7][30]He is a devoted environmentalist and advocate of low-impact wildlife-watching - he has spoken in favor of more local birding as a more sustainable alternative, and voiced concerns about the impacts of the travel involved in global birding.[4][24][31]He is involved withindigenouscommunities such as theAwáof southwestern Colombia and the conservation of their lands[4]and is an activecampaignerand donor in the battle tocombat climate change.[24]

In August 2022 he received a special recognition of his work with women's groups in rural Colombia from the Ministry of Science of Colombia.[32]

He is a regular speaker at birding and conservation fairs and conferences,[33][34][35]occasional exhibitor of his paintings[36]and has appeared on television programs broadcast in UK, Spain,[37]Australia and Colombia, where programs have been made exclusively about his work.[31][38][39]

He currently lives inPasto,Colombia.[2]

Books by Miles McMullan

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  • Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia (2010, 2014, 2018)[13][11]
  • Guia de Campo de Las Aves de Colombia (2011, 2021)[40][41]
  • Fieldbook of the Birds of Ecuador (2013, 2017)[16]
  • Field Guide to the Hummingbirds (2016)[17]
  • Field Guide to the Galapagos Islands (2017)[18]
  • Birds of the Colombian Andes (2019)[19]
  • Birds of Meta and the Colombian Llanos (2019)[20]
  • Birds of the Western Cordillera (2019)[21]
  • Birds and Common Mammals of Ecuadorian Amazon (2012)[22]
  • Birds of Northwest Ecuador (2009)[23]

References

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  1. ^ab"Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes William Niall Mc Mullan".cervantesvirtual.
  2. ^abCongreso Aviturismo (5 October 2018)."9o Congreso de Aviturismo".Aves Caldas.
  3. ^abLara, Brian (2 April 2018)."El aviario ilustrado de Miles McMullan".Bakanika.
  4. ^abcdBetancourt, David (2 August 2020)."Miles McMullan Interview".PalSurp.
  5. ^abSilva, Javier (15 October 2011)."El irlandes que pinto todas las aves".El tiempo.
  6. ^abMcMullan, Miles (2018).Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia.Rey Naranjo Editores.ISBN978-958-8969-77-0.
  7. ^abcEmblin, Richard (3 February 2013)."The Illustrator of Birds".City Paper.
  8. ^abThe Hoopoe (31 December 2010)."Books of the year 2010".
  9. ^Svensson, Lars (1999).Collins bird guide.Zetterström, Dan., Mullarney, Killian., Grant, P. J. (Peter James), 1943-. London: HarperCollins.ISBN0-00-219728-6.OCLC40754502.
  10. ^Jeffers, Raymond (6 June 2020)."The 25 best Neotropical Bird Books from the last 25 years"(PDF).Neotropical birdclub.
  11. ^abMcMullan."Nueva guia de aves para Colombia".Youtube.
  12. ^McMullan, Miles (13 December 2017)."Why Colombia needs a new bird book".Colombia Reports.
  13. ^abMcMullan, Miles (16 October 2023).Field guide to the birds of Colombia.Donegan, Thomas M., Bartels, Avery, Ellery, Trevor. [Bogotá, Colombia].ISBN978-958-8969-77-0.OCLC1132871148.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. ^Harindranath, Arjun (17 May 2018)."Bird Life".Bogota Post.
  15. ^Gutierrez, Ana (19 December 2017)."Una nueva manera de conocer las aves de Colombia".Revista Arcadia.
  16. ^abMcMullan, Navarrete, Miles (2013).Fieldbook of the Birds of Ecuador.Quito, Ecuador: Jocotoco.ISBN978-0982-76-153-3.
  17. ^abMcMullan, Ellery, Miles (2016).Field Guide to the Hummingbirds.Quito: Ratty Ediciones.ISBN978-9942-14-392-1.
  18. ^abMcMullan, Navarrete, Miles (2017).Field Guide to the Galapagos Islands.Quito, Ecuador: Ratty Ediciones.ISBN978-9942-28-429-7.
  19. ^abMcMullan, Miles (2019).Birds of the Colombian Andes.Cali, Colombia: McMullan Birding.ISBN978-958-48-8447-3.
  20. ^abMcMullan, Miles (2019).Birds of Meta and the Colombian Llanos.Cali, Colombia: McMullan Birding.ISBN978-958-48-7887-8.
  21. ^abMcMullan, Miles (2019).Birds of the Western Cordillera.Cali, Colombia: McMullan Birding.ISBN978-958-48-7615-7.
  22. ^abMcMullan and Vasquez (2012).Birds and Common Mammals of Ecuadorian Amazon.Quito, Ecuador: Spot Fieldbooks.ISBN978-9942-02-411-4.
  23. ^abMcMullan and Vasquez (2009).Birds of Northwest Ecuador.Quito, Ecuador: Spot Fieldbooks.ISBN978-9942-02-694-1.
  24. ^abcMcMullan, Miles (23 September 2020)."Climate week Colombia 2020".Facebook.
  25. ^Researchgate (1 December 2013)."Scientific Contributions by W. Miles McMullan".Researchgate.
  26. ^Researchgate (3 February 2016)."Scientific Contributions by Miles McMullan".Researchgate.
  27. ^Peña, Pantoja (2016).Aves de las Sabanas de Casanare.Bogotá, Colombia: Planeta, CEPSA.ISBN9789584256812.
  28. ^"Banco de La Republica Cultural".Museo Luis Angel Arango, Banco de La Republica.
  29. ^"Sobre Nosotros".Mindo Cloudforest Foundation(in Spanish).Retrieved15 June2021.
  30. ^"Guia de las Aves de Colombia".proaves.5 September 2014.
  31. ^abLos Informantes (21 May 2018)."Pajaros Volando - Miles McMullan".Los Informantes.
  32. ^"Miles McMullan".Facebook.
  33. ^"Miles McMullan congresista".Congreso Aviturismo.6 March 2018.
  34. ^Neira, Laura (13 February 2019)."La Agenda del Feria Internacional de Aves incluye Charla de Miles McMullan".La Republica.
  35. ^Cali (31 August 2018)."Festival" Oiga, Mire, Lee "un espacio de Literatura, Poesia y Musica".El Tiempo.
  36. ^UNIVERSITY BONAVENTURIANA (6 October 2020)."Vuelos Posibles - Miles McMullan".
  37. ^El Pais (18 April 2018)."Miles McMullan, Un amante del tropico".YouTube.
  38. ^TVOrinoquia (3 May 2018)."Lanzamiento del Libro de Aves".Lanzamiento del libro de aves de Colombia.
  39. ^Torrado, Santiago (18 April 2018)."Miles McMullan, Un Amante del Tropico".El Pais.
  40. ^McMullan Quevedo y Donegan (2011).Guia de Campo de las Aves de Colombia.Bogota, Colombia.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  41. ^McMullan, Miles (2021).Guía de Campo de las Aves de Colombia.Bogota Colomba: McMullan Birding.ISBN9789584910325.
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