Mostly, Rufous-crowned Sparrow (formerly known as European Bison Man until he forgot his password) works with bird articles. As a birder, he is fascinated by all of the species abroad that he is likely never to see.
He has learned that plans he sets for Wikipedia tend to fail, and if history repeats itself, contributes in short bursts. In 2010 he planned on finalizing Djibouti Francolin for a FAC run while bringing Great Auk and Philippine Eagle up to GA. From there, New World vulture and Labrador Duck would have been targeted while he attempted to update Cape Fear Shiner for a possible FAC. He had decided to dedicate 2009 to improving Wikipedia's articles on the 190 critically endangered species of birds, with an overly ambitious plan to get 52 of them to either GA or FA status by December 31. He failed, but he still is interested in bringing critically endangered articles up to higher statuses. For a page detailing this project, go here. He also wants to start Rododendron vaseyi.
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<ref name=" Howell ">{{cite book | last = Howell | first = Steve N.G. | coauthors = Sophie Webb | title = [[A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America]] | publisher = Oxford University Press | date = 1995| location = New York| 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="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>
<ref name="Yearbook09"> {{cite book| title =Rare Birds Yearbook 2009| publisher =MagDig Media Lmtd| date =2008| location =England| pages =INSERT ME| isbn =978-0-9552607-5-9 }}</ref>
<ref name="Kaufman">{{cite book| last = Kaufman| first = Kenn| authorlink = Kenn Kaufman| title = Lives of North American Birds| publisher = Houghton Mifflin| date = 1996| location = Boston| pages = 583| isbn = 0-618-15988-6}}</ref>
<ref name=" Daniels ">{{cite book | last = Daniels | first = Jaret C. | title = Butterflies of the Carolinas | publisher = Adventure Publications, Inc. | date = 2003 | location = Cambridge, MN | pages = | isbn = 1-59193-007-3}}</ref>
<ref name=" Beolens">{{Cite book | last = Beolens | first = Bo| coauthors = Michael Watkins | title = Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People they Commemorate | publisher = Yale University Press | date = 2003 | location = New Haven, CT| isbn = 030010359X }}</ref>
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Kepler| first = Angela| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Sargatal| editor3-first =Jordi | title = Family Todidae (Todies) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 6. Mousebirds to Hornbills| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2001| isbn=84-87334-30-X|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Brown| first = Leslie H.| editor-last = Brown | editor-first = Leslie H.| editor2-last = Urban| editor2-first =Emil K. | editor3-last = Newman| editor3-first =Kenneth| title = Balaenicipitidae, Shoebill | encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume I | publisher = Academic Press| year = 1983 | location = London | isbn =0-12-137301-0 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Crowe| first = Tim M.| last2 = Keith| first2 = Stuart| last3 = Brown| first3 = Leslie H.| editor-last = Urban| editor-first = Emil K.| editor2-last = Fry| editor2-first =C. Hilary | editor3-last = Keith| editor3-first =Stuart| title = Phasianidae, guineafowl, Congo Peacock, quail, partridges and francolins | encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume II | publisher = Academic Press| year = 1986 | location = London | isbn =0-12-137302-9 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Craig| first = Adrian J. F. K.| editor-last = Fry| editor-first = C. Hilary| editor2-last = Keith| editor2-first =Stuart | editor3-last = Urban| editor3-first =Emil K.| title = Genus ''Quelea'' | encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume VII | publisher = Princeton University Press| year = 2004 | location = Princeton| isbn =0-691-11952-X |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Fry| first = C. Hilary| editor-last = Fry| editor-first = C. Hilary| editor2-last = Keith| editor2-first =Stuart | editor3-last = Urban| editor3-first =Emil K.| title = Picathartidae, picathartes | encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume VI | publisher = Academic Press| year = 2000 | location = London| isbn =0-12-137306-1 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Fry| first = C. Hilary| editor-last = Fry| editor-first = C. Hilary| editor2-last = Keith| editor2-first =Stuart | editor3-last = Urban| editor3-first =Emil K.| title = Malaconotidae, bush-shrikes| encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume VI | publisher = Academic Press| year = 2000 | location = London| isbn =0-12-137306-1 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Fry| first = C. Hilary| editor-last = Fry| editor-first = C. Hilary| editor2-last = Keith| editor2-first =Stuart | editor3-last = Urban| editor3-first =Emil K.| title = Laniidae, true shrikes| encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume VI | publisher = Academic Press| year = 2000 | location = London| isbn =0-12-137306-1 |ref=harv}}
{{cite book| last = Lefranc| first = Norbert| title = Shrikes: A Guide to the Shrikes of the World| publisher = Yale University Press| date = 1997| location = New Haven| isbn =0-300-07336-4|ref=harv }}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Grimes| first = Llewellyn| editor-last = Fry| editor-first = C. Hilary| editor2-last = Keith| editor2-first =Stuart | editor3-last = Urban| editor3-first =Emil K.| title = ''Chaetops pycnopygius''| encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume VI | publisher = Academic Press| year = 2000 | location = London| isbn =0-12-137306-1 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Fry| first = C. Hilary| editor-last = Fry| editor-first = C. Hilary| editor2-last = Keith| editor2-first =Stuart | editor3-last = Urban| editor3-first =Emil K.| title = ''Chaetops frenatus''| encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume VI | publisher = Academic Press| year = 2000 | location = London| isbn =0-12-137306-1 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Keith| first = Stuart| editor-last3 = Fry| editor-first3 = C. Hilary| editor-last = Keith| editor-first =Stuart | editor2-last = Urban| editor2-first =Emil K.| title = Pycnonotidae, bulbuls| encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume IV | publisher = Academic Press| year = 1992| location = London| isbn =0-12-137304-5 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Fry| first = C. Hilary| editor-last3 = Fry| editor-first3 = C. Hilary| editor-last = Keith| editor-first =Stuart | editor2-last = Urban| editor2-first =Emil K.| title = Genus ''Alauda''| encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume IV | publisher = Academic Press| year = 1992| location = London| isbn =0-12-137304-5 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Fry| first = C. Hilary| editor-last3 = Fry| editor-first3 = C. Hilary| editor-last = Keith| editor-first =Stuart | editor2-last = Urban| editor2-first =Emil K.| title = ''Heteromirafra sidamoensis''| encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume IV | publisher = Academic Press| year = 1992| location = London| isbn =0-12-137304-5 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Dean| first = Richard| last2 = Keith| first2 = Stuart| editor-last3 = Fry| editor-first3 = C. Hilary| editor-last = Keith| editor-first =Stuart | editor2-last = Urban| editor2-first =Emil K.| title = ''Heteromirafra archeri''| encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume IV | publisher = Academic Press| year = 1992| location = London| isbn =0-12-137304-5 |ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Holyoak| first = David T. | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Sargatal | editor3-first =Jordi | title = Family Aegothelidae (Owlet-nightjars) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 5. Barn Owls to Hummingbirds| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 1999|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Holyoak| first = David T. | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Sargatal | editor3-first =Jordi | title = Family Podargidae (Frogmouths) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 5. Barn Owls to Hummingbirds| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 1999|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schuchmann| first = Karl-Ludwig | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Sargatal | editor3-first =Jordi | title = Family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 5. Barn Owls to Hummingbirds| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 1999|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Hawkins| first = Frank | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Christie| editor3-first =David| title = Family Philepittidae (Asities) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 8. Broadbills to Tapaculos| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2003|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Reino| first = Luís| last2 = Santana| first2 = Joana| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Christie| editor3-first =David| title = Family Laniidae (Shrikes) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 13. Penduline-tits to Shrikes| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2008|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Cheke| first = Robert A.| last2 = Mann| first2 = Clive F.| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Christie| editor3-first =David| title = Family Decaeidae (Flowerpeckers) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 13. Penduline-tits to Shrikes| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2008|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Fry| first = C. Hilary| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Christie| editor3-first =David| title = Family Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 14. Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2009|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Yamagishi| first = Satoshi| last2 = Nakamura| first2 = Masahiko| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Christie| editor3-first =David| title = Family Vangidae (Vangas) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 14. Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2009|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Folch| first = Anna | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Sargatal | editor3-first =Jordi | title = Family Casuariidae (Cassowaries) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 1. Ostrich to Ducks| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 1992|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Elliot| first = Andrew | editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Sargatal | editor3-first =Jordi | title = Family Balaenicipitidae (Shoebill) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 1. Ostrich to Ducks| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 1992|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = McGowen| first = Philip J. K.| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Sargatal | editor3-first =Jordi | title = Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partridges) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 2. New World Vultures to Guineafowl| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 1994|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Ryan| first = Peter G.| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Christie| editor3-first =David| title = Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partridges) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2004|ref=harv}}
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Donald| first = Paul F.| editor-last = del Hoyo | editor-first = Josep | editor2-last = Elliott | editor2-first =Andrew | editor3-last = Christie| editor3-first =David| title = Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partridges) | encyclopedia = [[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] | volume = 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails| publisher = Lynx Editions | location = Barcelona | year = 2004|ref=harv}}RAZO
Fishpool L. & Tobias J. (2005) "Family Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls) in del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2005). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions. ISBN84-87334-72-5 FORMAT ME
{{cite encyclopedia | last = Crowe| first = Tim M.| last2 = Keith| first2 = Stuart| last3 = Brown| first3 = Leslie H.| editor3-last = Urban| editor3-first = Emil K.| editor-last = Fry| editor-first =C. Hilary | editor2-last = Keith| editor2-first =Stuart| title = Phasianidae, guineafowl, Congo Peacock, quail, partridges and francolins | encyclopedia = The Birds of Africa Volume III | publisher = Academic Press| year = 1988 | location = London | isbn =0-12-137303-7 |ref=harv}}