Cécile Mourer-Chauviré

Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (born 1939) is a French paleontologist specializing in birds of the Eocene and the Oligocene. In her early career, she discovered with her husband the Laang Spean cave site of prehistoric humans in Cambodia.

In 1970, at the outbreak of civil war in Cambodia, she returned with her two small children to France. In 1971, she secured an appointment with CNRS at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1.

Below is a list of taxa that Mourer-Chauviré has contributed to naming: YearTaxonAuthors2024Tegulavis corbalani gen. et sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré, Bourdon, Duffaud, Le Roux, & Laurent 2024Papulavis annae gen. et sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré, Bourdon, Duffaud, Le Roux, & Laurent 2018Aquila claudeguerini sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré & Bonifay 2016Galligeranoides boriensis gen. et sp. nov.Bourdon, Mourer-Chauviré, & Laurent 2015Namapsitta praeruptorum gen. et sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford, & Senut 2015Scopelortyx klinghardtensis gen. et sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford, & Senut 2013Chambiortyx cristata gen. et sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré, Tabuce, Essid, Marivaux, Khayati, Vianey-Liaud, & Ali 2011Lavocatavis africana gen. et sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré, Tabuce, Mahboubi, Adaci, & Bensalah 2011Hoazinavis lacustris gen. et sp. nov.Mayr, Alvarenga, & Mourer-Chauviré 2010Geronticus olsoni sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré & Geraads 2010Plioperdix africana sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré & Geraads 2003Amanuensis pickfordi gen. et sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré 1992Quercymegapodius brodkorpi gen. et sp. nov.Mourer-Chauviré

Recognition The eighth international meeting of SAPE, in 2012, was dedicated to Mourer-Chauviré in tribute to her role as founder and secretary.

Colleagues have honoured Mourer-Chauviré by naming fossil bird species and genera after her. As of 2013, the following were named after her: Aythya chauvirae, Cypseloides mourerchauvireae, Chauvireria balcanica, Pica mourerae , Oligosylphe mourerchauvireae, Tyto mourerchauvireae, Afrocygnus chauvireae, Asphaltoglaux cecileae.