Peter R. Colston (born 1935) is an Englishornithologist.

Colston was Senior Curator at theNatural History Museum until his retirement in 1995. He joined the staff of the museum in 1961, and made collecting trips toAndalucia,Australia andAfrica. He became an expert on African birds, publishing description of four new species, includingAppert's greenbul. Between 1989 and 1995 he made private trips toChina, withPer Alström andUrban Olsson, where they discovered three previously undescribedPhylloscopus warblers.

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• A Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain & Europe (withIan Lewington and Per Alström)
• The Waders of Britain and Europe (with Philip Burton)
• BIRDS of MOUNT NIMBA West Africa LIBERIA (1986) (with Kai Curry-Lindahl)

• Beolens, B. & Watkins, M. -Whose Bird?ISBN 0-7136-6647-1

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