CURRICULUM VITAE
ANDREW W. KRATTER
May 2004
GENERAL
Born: 4 March 1960, San Francisco, California
Current Address: Florida Museum of Natural History
PO Box 117800
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone 352-392-3293; fax 352-846-0287
e-mail: kratter@flmnh.ufl.edu
EDUCATION
High School: Mills High School, Millbrae, California. 1978.
B.S.: Environmental Biology, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California. 1982.
M.A.: Geography, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. 1986.
Ph.D.: Zoology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. May 1995.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
1996-present Coordinator, Museum Operations. Florida Museum of Natural History. Collection management, bird specimen preparation, identification, and installation in collection; loan processing; curating; collection expeditions; permit applications.
1997 Consultant, Project Leader. CITES, United Nations. Status and Trade of Parrots in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
1995-1997 Research Associate. Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University. Continue dissertation research,; expedition to Río Cushabatay, Peru (see below).
1995-1996 Editorial Assistant. American Ornithologists’ Union. Editing comments and contributions to the 7th edition of Checklist of North American Birds.
1995 Contract Ornithologist. State of Louisiana, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Breeding bird atlas fieldwork.
1994 Contract Ornithologist. United States Department of Interior, National Park Service. Migrant bird censuses in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
1994 Contract Ornithologist. The Nature Conservancy. Migrant bird censuses in coastal Louisiana.
1994 Curatorial Assistant. Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University. Bird specimen preparation, identification, and installation; loan processing; curating.
1988-90 Environmental Biologist: Earth Metrics Inc. Biological assessments for Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Impact Reports.
1988 Research Technician: U.S.D.A. National Forest Service, Pacific Southwest and Field Station. Censusing birds (spot-map and point counts), vegetation transects, analysis.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2002-03 Fieldwork, Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo, Malekula), Florida Museum of Natural History. Inventory of birds, including specimen collection and preparation
2002 Fieldwork, Peru (depto. San Martin), Florida Museum of Natural History & Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science. Inventory of birds, including specimen collection and preparation
2001-02 Fieldwork, Trinidad; Florida Museum of Natural History. Inventory of birds, including specimen collection and preparation
2000 Fieldwork, Papua New Guinea, Western Province; Florida Museum of Natural History. Inventory of birds, including specimen collection and preparation.
1997-8 Fieldwork, Solomon Islands, Isabel Province; Florida Museum of Natural History. Inventory of birds, including specimen collection and preparation.
1997 Field surveys of psittacid (parrot and macaw) populations in Guyana, assess use of wild psittacids for local and export pet trade, and develop management plan for psittacids.
1996 Fieldwork, depto. Loreto, Peru; Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science. Inventory, specimen collection and preparation, behavioral observations in lowland and montane forests.
1992-3 Dissertation research on avian bamboo specialization, southeastern Peru. Research focused on foraging behavior of insectivorous specialists and non-specialists, diet, habitat selection, and vegetation structure and included specimen collection and preparation.
1992 Participant, Rapid Assessment Program (Conservation International) expedition to southeastern Peru. Inventory of birds, including specimen collection and preparation.
1991 Dissertation research on avian bamboo specialization in the Cordillera Talamanca, Costa Rica. Foraging behavior and diet of insectivorous specialists and non-specialists and included permit application and specimen collection and preparation.
1990 Fieldwork, depto. Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science. Foraging ecology of bamboo-specialized birds, specimen collection and preparation, behavioral observations of birds of Amazonian forest and Chaco desert.
1988 Participant in censusing forest birds of the Sierra Nevada for comparative study of censusing techniques (spot-mapping and point count) under Jared Verner.
1986 Fieldwork for Master's Thesis, Sierra Nevada, southern California, and Baja California. Censusing of montane bird communities.
Additional field experience in Nepal, New Zealand, Italy, Australia, and throughout most of the United States, particularly Florida, California, Louisiana.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999, 2001,2004 Avian Anatomy and Specimen Preparation.
1992 Teaching Assistant: General Biology Laboratory.
1985-1986 Teaching Assistant and Teaching Associate in Biogeography, Man and Earth's Ecosystems, Ecology of Vegetation.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2003 Enhancement of Biological Knowledge of Florida’s Birdlife Through Specimen Salvage at Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinics. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. $49,247. (AWK, D. W. Steadman, T. Webber)
1995 Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Award. American Ornithologists' Union, annual meeting.
1994 Roger Tory Peterson Institute Travel Award (Wilson Ornithological Society, annual meeting with Cooper Ornithological Society and American Ornithologists’ Union). Travel Grant (Louisiana State University, joint meeting of American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Wilson Ornithological Society).
1993 Outstanding Graduate Student Award (Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University).
Fugler Fellowship in Tropical Biology (Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University). $1000.
Grants-in Aid of Research Award (Sigma Xi), $800..
Alexander Wetmore Award and AOU Council Award. (American Ornithologists' Union). $2000.
1993 Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund. American Museum of Natural History. Dissertation research. $1000.
1991 Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund. American Museum of Natural History. Dissertation research. $1000.
1989-1993 Board of Regents Fellow. Louisiana State University. $15,000/year.
1986 Summer Research Fellowship. Dept. of Geography, University of California at Los Angeles.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Ornithologists' Union (elective member; member of AOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature 1999 - present)
Florida Ornithological Society (member FOS Records Committee 2002 – present, member Nominating Committee, 2004)
Cooper Ornithological Society
Wilson Ornithological Society
Society of Field Ornithologists
American Birding Association (member ABA Checklist Committee 2002 – present);
Bahamas Avian Record Committee (member 2002 – present)
PAPERS PRESENTED
2003 Vanuatu’s endemic Neolalage banksiana (Buff-bellied Monarch): foraging behavior and relationships of a distinct and unique monarch. . American Ornithologists’ Union.
2002 A surprise from the Solomons: "Podargus ocellatus inexpectatus (Marbled Frogmouth)" represents a distinct and new genus. North American Ornithological Congress.
1999 "The birds of lowland forest site on Isabel, Solomon Islands." American Ornithologists’ Union.
1998 "A relatively intact Pacific island avifauna? The birds of Isabel, Solomon Islands." North American Ornithological Conference.
1998 Guyana's parrot trade: is there a role for sustainable harvesting in parrot conservation?" Ecolunch, Dept. Zoology, Univ. Florida.
1995 "Conservation of Habitat Specialist Birds in the Peruvian Amazon." Tropilunch. Center for Tropical Conservation and Development, Univ. Florida.
1995 "Bamboo specialist birds: habitat or substrate specialists?" American Ornithologists' Union.
1994 "Conservation of bamboo specialist birds in the Peruvian Amazon." Presentation to Conservation International, Washington, D.C.
1994 "Habitat selection by bamboo specialist birds." ." North American Ornithological Conference.
1993 "Bamboo specialization in Amazonian birds." Louisiana State Univ. Museum of Natural Science Seminar Series.
1992 "Bamboo specialization in Neotropical birds." Invited paper: Louisiana Ornithological Society.
1992 "Geographic variation in Cacicus holosericeus, a partial bamboo specialist." Wilson Ornithological Society.
1986, 88, 90 "Montane avian biogeography in southern California and Baja California." Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science Seminar Series; Cooper Ornithological Society; Dept. Geography, Univ. California at Los Angeles Colloquium Series.
PUBLICATIONS
Kratter, A. W., and D. W. Steadman. 2003. First Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico record of Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris). North American Birds 57:277-279.
Banks, R. C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., J. A. Rising, D. F. Stotz. 2003. Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 120: 923-931
Banks, R. C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., J. A. Rising, D. F. Stotz. 2002. Forty-third supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 119: 897-906.
Kratter, A. W. 2002. review of: Birds of north Melanesia: speciation, ecology, and biogeography. E. Mayr and J. M. Diamond. Auk 119:883-888.
Kratter, A. W., T. Webber, T. Taylor, and D. W. Steadman. 2002. New specimen-based records of Florida birds. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 43:111-161.
Kratter, A. W., D. W. Steadman, C. E. Filardi, C. E. Smith, H. P. Webb. 2001. The avifauna of a lowland forest site on Isabel, Solomon Islands. Auk 118: 472-483.
Kratter, A. W., Steadman, D. W. Steadman, C. E. Smith, and C. E. Filardi. 2001. Reproductive condition, molt, and body mass of birds from Isabel, Solomon Islands . Bulletin British Ornithologists' Club 121: 128-144.
Kratter, A. W. and B. Nice. 2001. A partial albino Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) from Costa Rica. Cotinga 15: 15-16.
LeCroy, M., A. W. Kratter, D. W. Steadman, and H. P. Webb. 2001. Accipiter imitator on Isabel Island, Solomon Islands. Emu 101: 151-155.
Kratter, A. W., and M. K. Hart. 2001. Pursuit and capture of a Ring-billed Gull by Bald Eagles. Florida Field Naturalist 28:198-200.
O’Neill, J. P., D. F. Lane, A. W. Kratter, A. P. Capparella, C. Fox J. 2000. A striking new species of barbet (Capitonidae: Capito) from the eastern Andes of Peru. Auk 117: 569-577.
Banks, R. C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, H. Ouellet, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., J. A. Rising, D. F. Stotz. 2000. Forty-second supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 117: 847-858.
Filardi, C. E., Smith, C. E., A. W. Kratter, D. W. Steadman, H. P. Webb. 1999. New behavioral, ecological, and biogeographic data on the avifauna of Rennell, Solomon Islands. Pacific Science 53: 319-240
Kratter, A. W. 1998. The nests of two bamboo specialists— Celeus spectabilis (Rufous-headed Woodpecker) and Cercomacra manu (Manu Antbird). J. of Field Ornithology 69:37-44.
Marantz, C. A. and A. W. Kratter. 1998. Unusual bird observations near Baton Rouge associated with Hurricane Andrew, with notes on the identification of adult Bridled and Sooty terns. J. Louisiana Ornithology 4:17-24.
Kratter, A. W. 1997. Bamboo specialization by Amazonian birds. Biotropica 29:100-110.
Kratter, A. W., and T. A. Parker, III. 1997. Relationship of two bamboo specialist foliage-gleaners: Automolus dorsalis and Anabazenops fuscus (Furnariidae). In Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker. (J. V. Remsen, Jr., ed.). Ornithological Monographs 48:383-397.
Kratter, A. W. 1997. A new subspecies of Sclerurus albigularis (Gray-throated Leaftosser) from northeastern Bolivia, with notes on geographic variation. Ornitologia Neotropical 8:23-30.
Kratter, A. W. 1997. New birding opportunities on the Río Tambopata, Peru: macaws and bamboo specialists. Birding 29: 402-409.
Kratter, A. W., and O. Garrido. 1996. A new subspecies of Margarops fuscus (Scaly-breasted Thrasher) from St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles. Bulletin British Ornithologists' Club 116:189-193.
Kratter, A. W. 1996. review of: Nearctic passerine migrants in South America. R. A. Paynter, Jr. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club no. 25. Condor 98:64
Kratter, A. W. 1995. Status, habitat, and conservation of the Rufous-fronted Antthrush (Formicarius rufifrons). Bird Conservation International 5:391-404.
Kratter, A. W. 1994. The nest of Automolus dorsalis, the Crested Foliage-gleaner. Ornitologia Neotropical. 5: 105-107.
Foster, R. B., T. A. Parker III, A. H. Gentry, L. H. Emmons, A. Chicchón, T. Schulenberg, L. Rodríguez, G. Lamas, H. Ortega, J. Icochea, W. Wust, M. Romo, J. A. Castillo, O. Phillips, C. Reynel, A. Kratter, P. K. Donahue, and L. J. Barkley. 1994. The Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone of southeastern Perú: a biological assessment. RAP Working Papers 6. Conservation International, Washington, D. C.
Kratter, A. W. 1993. Geographic variation in the Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), a partial bamboo specialist. Condor 95: 641-651.
Kratter, A. w. 1993. review of: Putting biodiversity on the map: priority areas for global conservation. C. J. Bibby, N. J. Collar, M. J. Crosby, M. F. Heath, Ch. Imboden, T. H. Johnson, A. J. Long, A. J. Stattersfield, and S. J. Thirgood. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K. Auk 110: 423-424.
Kratter, A. W., T. s. Sillett, R. T. Chesser, J. P. O'Neill, T. A. Parker, III, and A. Castillo. 1993. Avifauna of Chaco locality in Bolivia. Wilson Bulletin. 105: 114-141.
Kratter, A. W. 1992. Montane avian biogeography in southern California and Baja California. J. Biogeography 19: 269-283.
Kratter, A. W., M. D. Carreño, R. T. Chesser, J. P. O'Neill, and T. S. Sillett. 1992. Further notes on bird distribution in northeastern Santa Cruz, Bolivia, with two new species to Bolivia. Bulletin British Ornithologists' Club 112: 143-150.
Kratter, A. W. 1991. First breeding record for Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) in Baja California, and comments on the biogeography of the fauna of the Sierra San Pedro Martír. Southwestern Naturalist 36: 247-250.