Thomas Ayres (ornithologist)

Thomas H. Ayres
BornJuly 1838
Hereford, England
Died31 July 1913(1913-07-31) (aged 75)
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Scientific career
FieldsOrnithology

Thomas H. Ayres (July 1838 – 31 July 1913) was a British-born South African ornithologist. Ayres is commemorated in the names of the Ayres' hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii), Ayres' cisticola (Cisticola ayresii), and the white-winged flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi).