The late Orlando H. Garrido was a leading ornithologist who contributed more than 60 years of service to the study of natural sciences in Cuba, where he curated the birds in Havana’s National Museum of Natural History. With degrees from the University of Miami and the University of Havana, Orlando was the senior author of Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba and a contributing author to Birds of the West Indies, along with the authorship of hundreds of scientific publications.
A true Cuban legend, Garrido was both a respected naturalist credited with the description of more than 100 species,and a renowned tennis player, having played at Wimbledon several times in his youth.
