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M. Dale (Martin Dale) Arvey
1915–1979
Best known for careful mid-20th-century studies of North American birds, this American ornithologist wrote practical field references as well as more technical work on bird relationships. His books still draw interest from readers curious about Idaho birdlife and the evolution of waxwings.
2 Audiobooks
A Check-List of the Birds of Idaho
by M. Dale (Martin Dale) Arvey
Phylogeny of the Waxwings and Allied Birds
by M. Dale (Martin Dale) Arvey
About the author
Martin Dale Arvey was an American ornithologist active in the mid-1900s. Library and catalog records identify him as born in 1915 and deceased in 1979, and his surviving publications show a strong focus on bird classification and regional bird records.
His best-known works include A Check-List of the Birds of Idaho (1947) and Phylogeny of the Waxwings and Allied Birds (1951). The Idaho checklist was designed as a useful reference for documenting the state's birdlife, while the waxwing study reflects a more specialized interest in how bird groups are related.
Although not much biographical detail is easy to confirm from widely available sources, his published work suggests a researcher committed to careful observation and orderly scholarship. Readers coming to Arvey today will mostly find him through classic ornithology texts that combine field usefulness with a taxonomist's eye for detail.