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|image = Ramana Athreya.jpg<br />
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|caption = Ramana Athreya at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore<br />
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|birth_place = Bangalore, Karnataka<br />
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|residence = [[Pune]]<br />
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|nationality = [[India]]n<br />
|ethnicity = [[Kannadiga]]<br />
|field = [[Astrophysics]], [[Ornithology]]<br />
|work_institutions = [[IISER Pune|Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune]]<br />
|homepage = http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~rathreya/<br />
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|known_for = Discovery of [[Bugun liocichla]]<br />
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|prizes = ''Whitley'' award by [[Whitley Fund for Nature]]<br />
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'''Ramana Athreya''' is a [[birdwatcher]] and an [[astronomer]] at the [[IISER Pune|Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune]]. In 2006, he described a new species of bird, the [[Bugun liocichla]] from the [[Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary]] in western [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[North-east India]]. This discovery has been described by [[Birdlife]] as the most sensational ornithological discovery in India for more than half a century.<ref name=birdlife>[http://www.birdlife.org/news/pr/2006/09/bugun_liocichla.html Birdlife press release]</ref> He was awarded the ''Pakshishree'' award in 2009 for this discovery by the Government of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Many bird species waiting to be identified in eastern Himalayas |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/11/stories/2009021155001000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215123312/http://hindu.com/2009/02/11/stories/2009021155001000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 February 2009|first=Sunny|last=Sebastin|date=11 February 2009|location=Jaipur|accessdate=2009-07-22|work=[[The Hindu]] |quote=this time felicitated Dr.Athreya conferring him the “Pakshi Shree” award}}</ref> In May 2011, he was conferred the [[Whitley Awards (UK)|Whitley Award]], one of seven awardees in the year for his work on conservation and involving communities in [[Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|title=Dr Ramana Athreya wins Whitley Award|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthvideo/8507688/Dr-Ramana-Athreya-wins-Whitley-Award.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514235041/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthvideo/8507688/Dr-Ramana-Athreya-wins-Whitley-Award.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2011|accessdate=12 May 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=12 May 2011}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~rathreya/ Homepage]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110514235041/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthvideo/8507688/Dr-Ramana-Athreya-wins-Whitley-Award.html Video by Whitley Fund for Nature about his work at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary]<br />
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