Michel Louette is a Belgian ornithologist and author. He is the head of the Department of Ornithology at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in Tervuren, Belgium.[1] He has described five bird species new to science: three from the Democratic Republic of Congo, one from Liberia and one from the Comoros archipelago.[2] Louette has written several books on ornithology including The Birds of Katanga published in 2010 by the Royal Museum for Central Africa.[3]