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