Michael Patrick Stuart Irwin, Rhodesian / British ornithologist (Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland 01 July 1925 – Litcham, Norfolk 13 September 2017)

Authored over 300 scientific papers

DESCRIBED VALID AVES TAXA

Genera

Arcanator 1986 with Clancey

Dryocichloides 1974 with Clancey

Species

Pogoniulus makawai 1965 with Benson

Subspecies

Anthoscopus caroli rankinei 1963

Apalis thoracica quarta 1966

Apus barbatus hollidayi 1960 with Benson

Calamonaster stierlingi pintoi 1960

Cisticola aridulus traylori 1966 with Benson

Cisticola lais oreobates 1966

Eremopteryx verticalis harti 1965 with Benson

Eremopteryx verticalis khama 1957

Hedypina collaris patersonae 1960

Melaenornis mariquensis acaciae 1957

Mirafra fasciolata reynoldsi 1965 with Benson

Pytilia melba hygrophila 1967 with Benson

Rhinoptilus africanus traylori 1963

Riparia cincta xerica 1966 with Clancey

Spizocorys conirostris crypta 1957

Telophorus zeylonus restrictus 1968