Editing David Attenborough (section)

==Achievements, awards and recognition==
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Attenborough's contribution to broadcasting and wildlife film-making has brought him international recognition. He has been called "the great communicator, the peerless educator"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4729076/What-comes-naturally.html |title=What comes naturally |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=31 December 2001 |location=London |first=Giles |last=Smith |access-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402132845/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4729076/What-comes-naturally.html |archive-date=2 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> and "the greatest broadcaster of our time."<ref name=whitworth /> His programmes are often cited as an example of what public service broadcasting should be, even by critics of the BBC, and have influenced a generation of wildlife film-makers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/mar/03/davidattenboroughafinespec |title=David Attenborough: a fine specimen |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 March 2008 |location=London |first=James |last=Donaghy |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220045749/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/mar/03/davidattenboroughafinespec |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Honorary titles===
By January 2013, Attenborough had collected 32 honorary degrees from British universities,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7920613/Sir-David-Attenborough-heads-lists-of-most-honoured-by-Britains-universities.html |title=Sir David Attenborough heads lists of most honoured by Britain's universities |last1=Howie |first2=Joshi Eichner |last2=Herrmann |first3=Jack |last3=Rivlin |first1=Michael |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=6 April 2016 |date=1 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925000818/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7920613/Sir-David-Attenborough-heads-lists-of-most-honoured-by-Britains-universities.html |archive-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> more than any other person.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fergus |first=Lindsay |title=David Attenborough: The man with the most honorary degrees in UK gets one more from Queen's University |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/david-attenborough-the-man-with-the-most-honorary-degrees-in-uk-gets-one-more-from-queenrsquos-university-16261947.html |newspaper=The Belfast Telegraph |date=16 January 2013 |access-date=4 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120100329/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/david-attenborough-the-man-with-the-most-honorary-degrees-in-uk-gets-one-more-from-queenrsquos-university-16261947.html |archive-date=20 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/23144921 |title=David Attenborough receives '32nd' honorary degree – CBBC Newsround |publisher=BBC |date=2 July 2013 |access-date=6 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125071812/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/23144921 |archive-date=25 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1980, he was honoured by the [[Open University]], with which he has had a close association throughout his career. He has honorary [[Doctor of Science]] degrees from [[Durham University]] (1982)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Degrees |url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/university.calendar/volumei/honorary_degrees/ |website=[[Durham University]] |access-date=13 October 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801035252/https://www.dur.ac.uk/university.calendar/volumei/honorary_degrees/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[University of Cambridge]] (1984)<ref name=":0" /> and honorary Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the [[University of Oxford]] (1988)<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.wwf.org.uk/about_wwf/more_about_wwf/wwf_uk_council_of_ambassadors/sir_david_attenborough.cfm |title=Council of ambassadors {{!}} Sir David Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS |publisher=WWF-UK |access-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123048/http://www.wwf.org.uk/about_wwf/more_about_wwf/wwf_uk_council_of_ambassadors/sir_david_attenborough.cfm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[University of Ghent]] (1997).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ugent.be/nl/univgent/voorzieningen/collecties/archief/geschiedenis/overzichten/eredoctoren.htm |title=Overzicht eredoctoraten – Universiteit Gent |language=nl |publisher=Universiteit Gent |access-date=22 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106010813/http://www.ugent.be/nl/univgent/bronnen/archief/geschiedenis/overzichten/eredoctoren.htm/#1990_-_1999 |archive-date=6 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, the two eldest Attenborough brothers returned to their home city to receive the title of Distinguished Honorary Fellows of the University of Leicester, "in recognition of a record of continuing distinguished service to the University."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/200806413532577 |title=British Icons Pick Up Uni Honours |publisher=Sky News |date=13 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619215858/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/200806413532577 |archive-date=19 June 2011}}</ref> David Attenborough was previously awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Letters]] degree by the university in 1970 and was made an honorary [[Freedom of the City|Freeman of the City]] of Leicester in 1990. In 2013, he was made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Bristol.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/press/sir-david-attenborough-receive-freedom-city |title=Sir David Attenborough to receive Freedom of the City |publisher=Bristol City Council |access-date=4 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504154019/http://www.bristol.gov.uk/press/sir-david-attenborough-receive-freedom-city |archive-date=4 May 2015}}</ref> In 2010, he was awarded Honorary Doctorates from [[Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University]] and [[Nottingham Trent University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://alumni.mandela.ac.za/Honorary-Doctorates |title=Honorary Doctorates – Alumni Relations |access-date=21 August 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214341/https://alumni.mandela.ac.za/Honorary-Doctorates |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary graduates {{!}} 2010 {{!}} Sir David Attenborough|url=https://www.ntualumni.org.uk/your_alumni_association/notable_alumni/honorary_graduates/david_attenborough|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=Nottingham Trent University|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821201548/https://www.ntualumni.org.uk/your_alumni_association/notable_alumni/honorary_graduates/david_attenborough}}</ref>

Attenborough has received the title Honorary Fellow from Clare College, Cambridge (1980),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Honorary-Fellows/|title=Honorary Fellows – Clare College Cambridge|access-date=31 October 2021|archive-date=31 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031213651/https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Honorary-Fellows/|url-status=live}}</ref> the Zoological Society of London (1998),<ref>[https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/media/2020-11/ZSL%2520Honorary%2520Fellows_2019.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi0oeTEzfXzAhVRilwKHX_nDK4QFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1Xe21o52RMolfyZJC-7MUs] {{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref> the [[Linnean Society]] (1999),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linnean.org/our-fellows/royal-patrons-and-honorary-fellows|title=Royal Patrons and Honorary Fellows|website=The Linnean Society|access-date=31 October 2021|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027015832/https://www.linnean.org/our-fellows/royal-patrons-and-honorary-fellows|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Institute of Biology]] (Now the [[Royal Society of Biology]]) (2000),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/attenborough-prize/|title=Royal Society David Attenborough Award and Lecture &#124; Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|access-date=31 October 2021|archive-date=31 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031213651/https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/attenborough-prize/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]] (2007). He is Honorary Patron of the [[North American Native Plant Society]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nanps.org/index.php/contact-us/nanps-board |title=North American Native Plant Society – NANPS Board |publisher=Nanps.org |access-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001042/http://www.nanps.org/index.php/contact-us/nanps-board |archive-date=31 December 2013}}</ref> and was elected as a Corresponding Member of the [[Australian Academy of Science]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2012 |title=Sir David Attenborough signs Academy Charter {{!}} Australian Academy of Science |url=https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/sir-david-attenborough-signs-academy-charter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226150018/https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/sir-david-attenborough-signs-academy-charter |archive-date=26 February 2022 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=Australian Academy of Science |language=en}}</ref>

===Recognition===
Attenborough has been featured as the subject of a number of BBC television programmes. ''Life on Air'' (2002) examined the legacy of his work and ''Attenborough the Controller'' (2002) focused on his time in charge of BBC Two. He was also featured prominently in ''The Way We Went Wild'' (2004), a series about natural history television presenters, and ''100 Years of Wildlife Films'' (2007), a programme marking the centenary of the nature documentary. In 2006, British television viewers were asked to vote for their ''[[Favourite Attenborough Moments]]'' for a UKTV poll to coincide with the broadcaster's 80th birthday. The winning clip showed Attenborough observing the [[mimicry]] skills of the [[superb lyrebird]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=West |first=Dave |date=7 May 2006 |title=Impression bird is voted Sir Dave fave |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a32656/impression-bird-is-voted-sir-dave-fave/ |access-date=28 August 2021 |website=Digital Spy |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905203606/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a32656/impression-bird-is-voted-sir-dave-fave/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Attenborough was named the most trusted celebrity in the UK in a 2006 ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' poll,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/Columnists/Column/0,5673,1696927,00.html |title=In David we trust ... but not Peter |work=[[The Guardian]] |last=Hoggart |first=Simon |date=28 January 2006 |location=London |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905203606/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jan/28/politicalcolumnists.politics |url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2007 he won ''[[The Culture Show]]''{{'s}} Living Icon Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/livingicons/bio01.shtml |title=Living Icons – David Attenborough |publisher=BBC |access-date=31 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427151844/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/livingicons/bio01.shtml |archive-date=27 April 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> He has been named among the [[100 Greatest Britons]] in a 2002 BBC poll and is one of the top ten "Heroes of Our Time" according to ''[[New Statesman]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200605220016 |title=Heroes of our time – the top 50 |work=New Statesman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428104750/http://www.newstatesman.com/200605220016 |archive-date=28 April 2011}}</ref> In September 2009, London's [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] opened the Attenborough Studio, part of its Darwin Centre development.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8254804.stm |title=Prince opens £78m Darwin Centre |work=BBC News |date=14 September 2009}}</ref>

In 2012, Attenborough was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]] to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life.<ref>{{cite news |title=New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited |work=The Guardian |date=5 October 2016 |access-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105095109/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited |archive-date=5 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, Attenborough featured in the BBC Radio 4 series ''[[The New Elizabethans]]'' to mark the [[diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II]]. A panel of seven academics, journalists and historians named him among the group of people in the UK "whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jxs2c/features/about |publisher=BBC |title=The New Elizabethans – David Attenborough |access-date=30 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125012450/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jxs2c/features/about |archive-date=25 November 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A British polar research ship was named [[RRS Sir David Attenborough|RRS ''Sir David Attenborough'']] in his honour. While an internet poll suggesting the name of the ship had the most votes for ''[[Boaty McBoatface]]'', the science minister [[Jo Johnson]] said there were "more suitable names"; the official name was eventually picked up from one of the other more favoured choices. However, one of its research sub-sea vehicles was named "Boaty" in recognition of the public vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36225652 |title='Boaty McBoatface' polar ship named after Attenborough |newspaper=BBC News |date=6 May 2016 |access-date=6 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506121010/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36225652 |archive-date=6 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Attenborough is also recognised by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as having the longest career as a natural historian and presenter in television.<ref>{{cite web |title=David Attenborough: Longest career as a TV presenter |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/hall-of-fame/david-attenborough-longest-career-as-a-tv-presenter |website=[[Guinness World Records]] |publisher=[[Jim Pattison Group]] |access-date=14 July 2022 |archive-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612060809/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/hall-of-fame/david-attenborough-longest-career-as-a-TV-presenter |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Species named after Attenborough====
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[[File:Trigonopterus attenboroughi holotype - ZooKeys-467-011.tif|thumb|upright|''[[Trigonopterus attenboroughi]]'' ]]
At least 20 species and genera, both living and extinct, have been named in Attenborough's honour.<ref name="Dijkstra2016">{{cite journal |last=Dijkstra |first=Klaas-Douwe B. |year=2016 |title=Natural history: Restore our sense of species |journal=Nature |volume=533 |issue=7602 |pages=172–174 |issn=0028-0836 |doi=10.1038/533172a |pmid=27172032 |bibcode=2016Natur.533..172D |doi-access=free}}</ref> Plants named after him include an alpine hawkweed (''[[Hieracium attenboroughianum]]'') discovered in the [[Brecon Beacons]],<ref>{{cite web |author=BSBI |title=Hawkweed named for Sir David Attenborough |url=http://bsbipublicity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/hawkweed-named-for-sir-david.html |date=24 December 2014 |access-date=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224172836/http://bsbipublicity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/hawkweed-named-for-sir-david.html |archive-date=24 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}, {{cite journal |date=December 2014 |title=''Hieracium attenboroughianum'' (Asteraceae), a new species of hawkweed |author=T. C. G. Rich |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=172–178 |journal=New Journal of Botany |doi=10.1179/2042349714Y.0000000051 |bibcode=2014NJBot...4..172R |s2cid=84969327 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/15032 |access-date=29 August 2019 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905203612/https://zenodo.org/record/15032/preview/Hieracium_attenboroughianum_njb91.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> a species of Ecuadorian flowering tree (''[[Blakea attenboroughi]]''), one of the world's largest-pitchered carnivorous plants (''[[Nepenthes attenboroughii]]''), along with a genus of flowering plants (''[[Sirdavidia]]'').<ref name="Couvreur2015">{{cite journal |vauthors=Couvreur TL, Niangadouma R, Sonké B, Sauquet H |title=Sirdavidia, an extraordinary new genus of Annonaceae from Gabon |journal=PhytoKeys |year=2015 |issue=46 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.3897/phytokeys.46.8937 |pmid=25878546 |pmc=4391954 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2015PhytK..46....1C }}</ref>

Several arthropods are named after Attenborough, including a butterfly, Attenborough's black-eyed satyr (''[[Euptychia attenboroughi]]''),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20151202-rare-amazonian-butterfly-named-after-sir-david-attenborough |title=Rare Amazonian butterfly named after Sir David Attenborough |work=BBC Earth |date=3 December 2015 |access-date=6 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826050500/http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20151202-rare-amazonian-butterfly-named-after-sir-david-attenborough |archive-date=26 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> a dragonfly, Attenborough's pintail (''[[Acisoma attenboroughi]]''),<ref name="DA90">{{Cite episode |title=Attenborough at 90 |series=Attenborough at 90 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03qxjzj |access-date=8 May 2016 |network=[[BBC Television]] |date=8 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425135009/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03qxjzj |archive-date=25 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> a millimetre-long goblin spider (''[[Prethopalpus attenboroughi]]''), an ornate [[Caribbean]] smiley-faced spider (''[[Spintharus davidattenboroughi]]''),<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/182/4/758/4222834?redirectedFrom=fulltext |title=Agnarsson et al. 2018. A radiation of the ornate Caribbean 'smiley-faced spiders', with descriptions of 15 new species (Araneae: Theridiidae, Spintharus) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |publisher=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182: 758–790 |date=26 September 2017 |volume=182 |issue=4 |pages=758–790 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx056 |access-date=27 September 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224161948/https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/182/4/758/4222834?redirectedFrom=fulltext |url-status=live |last1=Agnarsson |first1=Ingi |last2=Van Patten |first2=Chloe |last3=Sargeant |first3=Lily |last4=Chomitz |first4=Ben |last5=Dziki |first5=Austin |last6=Binford |first6=Greta J. |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sci-news.com/biology/fifteen-new-species-smiley-faced-spiders-05260.html |title=Fifteen New Species of 'Smiley-Faced' Spiders Discovered |publisher=Sci News |date=27 September 2017 |access-date=27 September 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117172915/http://www.sci-news.com/biology/fifteen-new-species-smiley-faced-spiders-05260.html |url-status=live}}</ref> an Indonesian flightless weevil (''[[Trigonopterus attenboroughi]]''),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/following-a-plant-and-a-spider-sir-david-attenborough-now-has-a-beetle-named-after-him-9941035.html |title=Following a plant and a spider, Sir David Attenborough now has a beetle named after him |last=Bawden |first=Tom |date=22 December 2014 |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=30 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231035227/http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/following-a-plant-and-a-spider-sir-david-attenborough-now-has-a-beetle-named-after-him-9941035.html |archive-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.ie/life/David-Attenborough-is-getting-a-beetle-named-after-him/325920.htm |title=David Attenborough is getting a beetle named after him |last=Collins |first=Adrian |date=23 December 2014 |website=[[entertainment.ie]] |access-date=30 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205093941/http://entertainment.ie/life/David-Attenborough-is-getting-a-beetle-named-after-him/325920.htm |archive-date=5 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> a Madagascan ghost shrimp (''[[Ctenocheloides attenboroughi]]'') and a soil snail (''[[Palaina attenboroughi]]'').<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Greķe |first=Kristīne |year=2017 |editor-last=Telnov |editor-first=Dmitry |title=Taxonomic review of Diplommatinidae (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea) from Wallacea and the Papuan Region |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320921280 |journal=Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea |volume=3 |pages=151–316, pls 19–47 |access-date=13 January 2018 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905203637/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320921280_Taxonomic_review_of_Diplommatinidae_Caenogastropoda_Cyclophoroidea_from_Wallacea_and_the_Papuan_Region |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Monogenea]]n ''[[Cichlidogyrus attenboroughi]]'', a [[fish parasite|parasite]] from a deep-sea fish in [[Lake Tanganyika]], may be the only parasitic species named after him.<ref name="KmentováGelnar2016">{{cite journal |last1=Kmentová |first1=Nikol |last2=Gelnar |first2=Milan |last3=Koblmüller |first3=Stephan |last4=Vanhove |first4=Maarten P. M. |title=Deep-water parasite diversity in Lake Tanganyika: description of two new monogenean species from benthopelagic cichlid fishes |journal=Parasites & Vectors |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=426 |year=2016 |issn=1756-3305 |doi=10.1186/s13071-016-1696-x |doi-access=free |pmid=27488497 |pmc=4972994}}</ref> Several vertebrates have also been named after Attenborough, including a Namibian lizard (''[[Platysaurus attenboroughi]]''),<ref name="Slate_14species" /> a bird (''[[Polioptila attenboroughi]]''),<ref name="Slate_14species" /> a Peruvian frog (''[[Pristimantis attenboroughi]]''),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lehr |first1=Edgar |last2=von May |first2=Rudolf |title=A new species of terrestrial-breeding frog (Amphibia, Craugastoridae, ''Pristimantis'') from high elevations of the Pui Pui Protected Forest in central Peru |journal=ZooKeys |year=2017 |issue=660 |pages=17–42 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.660.11394 |pmid=28794672 |pmc=5549528 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2017ZooK..660...17L }}</ref> a Madagascan [[Stumpffia|stump-toed frog]] (''Stumpffia davidattenboroughi''),<ref name="Rakoto17">{{cite journal |last1=Rakotoarison |first1=A. |last2=Scherz |first2=M.D. |last3=Glaw |first3=F. |last4=Köhler |first4=J |last5=Andreone |first5=F. |last6=Franzen |first6=M. |last7=Glos |first7=J. |last8=Hawlitschek |first8=O. |last9=Jono |first9=T.|last10=Mori|first10=A. |last11=Ndriantsoa |first11=S.H. |last12=Raminosoa Rasoamampionona |first12=N. |last13=Riemann |first13=J.C. |last14=Rödel |first14=M.-O. |last15=Rosa |first15=G.M. |last16=Vieites |first16=D.R. |last17=Crottini |first17=A. |last18=Vences |first18=M. |title=Describing the smaller majority: Integrative fast-track taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus ''Stumpffia'') from Madagascar |journal=Vertebrate Zoology |year=2017 |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=271–398|doi=10.3897/vz.67.e31595 |s2cid=257190990 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and one of only four species of echidna (''[[Zaglossus attenboroughi]]'').<ref name="InPics">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardin.com/environment/gallery/2014/jul/31/species-named-after-sir-david-attenborough-in-pictures |title=Species named after Sir David Attenborough – in pictures |date=31 July 2014 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=1 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805203411/https://www.theguardin.com/environment/gallery/2014/jul/31/species-named-after-sir-david-attenborough-in-pictures |archive-date=5 August 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Sitana attenboroughii David Raju.jpg|thumb|''[[Sitana attenboroughii]]'']]
In 1993, after discovering that the [[Mesozoic]] reptile ''Plesiosaurus conybeari'' did not belong to the genus ''Plesiosaurus'', the palaeontologist [[Robert Bakker]] renamed the species ''[[Attenborosaurus]] conybeari''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/ples.html |title=Plesiosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide |publisher=Dinosauria.com |access-date=4 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001060613/http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/ples.html |archive-date=1 October 2009}}</ref> A fossilised armoured fish discovered in Western Australia in 2008 was named ''[[Materpiscis]] attenboroughi'', after Attenborough had filmed at the site and highlighted its scientific importance in ''Life on Earth''. The ''Materpiscis'' fossil is believed to be the earliest organism capable of internal fertilisation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080528-mother-fossil.html |title=Oldest Live-Birth Fossil Found; Fish Had Umbilical Cord |publisher=National Geographic News |date=28 May 2008 |access-date=29 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530065627/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080528-mother-fossil.html |archive-date=30 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 

In 2015, a species of tree from [[Gabon]] (in the [[Annonaceae]] family) ''[[Sirdavidia]]'' {{small|Couvreur & Sauquet}} was named with his title.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen | trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022 | format=pdf | language=German | location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 | access-date=27 January 2022 | archive-date=31 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831232306/https://www.bgbm.org/de/eine-enzyklopadie-zu-eponymischen-pflanzennamen | url-status=live }}</ref>

A miniature marsupial lion, ''[[Microleo attenboroughi]]'', was named in his honour in 2016.<ref name="Gough2016">{{cite news |last1=Gough |first1=Myles |title=Kitten-sized extinct 'lion' named after David Attenborough |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37182388 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=29 August 2016 |date=25 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829000904/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37182388 |archive-date=29 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GillespieEtAL2016">{{cite journal |last1=Gillespie |first1=Anna K. |last2=Archer |first2=Michael |last3=Hand |first3=Suzanne J. |title=A tiny new marsupial lion (Marsupialia, Thylacoleonidae) from the early Miocene of Australia |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |year=2016 |volume=19 |issue=2.26A |pages=1–26 |url=http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/632.pdf |access-date=29 August 2016 |doi=10.26879/632 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911054640/http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/632.pdf |archive-date=11 September 2016 |url-status=live |doi-access=free|bibcode=2016PalEl..19..632G }}</ref> The fossil grasshopper ''[[Electrotettix attenboroughi]]'' was named after Attenborough. In March 2017, a 430&nbsp;million year old tiny [[crustacean]] was named after him. Called ''[[Cascolus ravitis]]'', the first word is a [[Latin]] translation of the root meaning of "Attenborough" and the second is based on a description of him in Latin.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39348150 |title=Fossil named after Sir David Attenborough |work=BBC News |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717085303/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39348150 |archive-date=17 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/whats-in-a-name-sir-david-attenborough-creatures/ |title=What's in a name? |website=Oxford Dictionaries |access-date=4 April 2017 |date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404045459/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/03/whats-in-a-name-sir-david-attenborough-creatures/ |archive-date=4 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 2017, the Caribbean bat ''[[Myotis attenboroughi]]'' was named after him.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317381815 |title=Caribbean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Trinidad and Tobago |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |volume=98 |issue=4 |pages=994–1008 |access-date=23 October 2018 |doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyx062 |year=2017 |last1=Moratelli |first1=Ricardo |last2=Wilson |first2=Don E. |last3=Novaes |first3=Roberto L. M. |last4=Helgen |first4=Kristofer M. |last5=Gutiérrez |first5=Eliécer E. |doi-access=free |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905203611/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317381815_Caribbean_Myotis_Chiroptera_Vespertilionidae_with_description_of_a_new_species_from_Trinidad_and_Tobago |url-status=live}}</ref> A new species of fan-throated lizard from coastal [[Kerala]] in [[India|southern India]] was named ''[[Sitana attenboroughii]]'' in his honour when it was described in 2018.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sadasivan |first1=Kalesh |last2=Ramesh |first2=M. B. |last3=Palot |first3=Muhamed Jafer |last4=Ambekar |first4=Mayuresh |last5=Mirza |first5=Zeeshan A. |title=A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India |journal=Zootaxa |date=21 January 2018 |volume=4374 |issue=4 |pages=545–564 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.5 |pmid=29689791 |url=http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4374.4.5 |issn=1175-5334 |access-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122181628/http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4374.4.5 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |url-status=dead|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In 2018, a new species of [[phytoplankton]], ''[[Syracosphaera azureaplaneta]]'', was named to honour ''The Blue Planet'', the TV documentary presented by Attenborough, and to recognise his contribution to promoting understanding of the oceanic environment.<ref>{{cite web |title=New ocean plankton species named after BBC's Blue Planet series |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0418/170418-Syracosphaera-azureaplaneta |publisher=University College London |access-date=17 April 2018 |date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420044837/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0418/170418-Syracosphaera-azureaplaneta |archive-date=20 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, Attenborough was also commemorated in the name of the scarab beetle ''[[Sylvicanthon attenboroughi]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vaz-de-Mello |first1=Fernando Z. |last2=Cupello |first2=Mario |title=A monographic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle genus ''Sylvicanthon'' Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), including a reappraisal of the taxonomic history of 'Canthon sensu lato' |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |year=2018 |issue=467 |url=http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/598/1378 |issn=2118-9773 |access-date=10 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210111101/http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/598/1378 |archive-date=10 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 

In 2020, ''[[Nothobranchius attenboroughi]]'', a brightly coloured seasonal fish species was described in his honour. This species is endemic to Tanzania and it is known from ephemeral pools and marshes associated with the Grumeti River and other small systems draining into Lake Victoria at the east side of the lake, largely within the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. The small seasonal fish inhabit ephemeral habitats in freshwater wetlands and have extreme life-history adaptations, having an annual life cycle, a key adaptation to reproduce in the seasonally arid savannah biome and allowing the eggs to survive the periodic drying up of the seasonal natural habitats.<ref name=Nagyetal2020>[[Béla Nagy (ichthyologist)|Nagy, B.]], Watters, B.R., van der Merwe, P.D.W., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2020). Review of the ''Nothobranchius ugandensis'' species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters'', 30(1): 21–73. {{doi|10.23788/IEF-1129}} {{ResearchGatePub|340922876}}</ref>

In 2021 an extinct species of horseshoe crab was named ''[[Attenborolimulus| Attenborolimulus superspinosus]].''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bicknell |first1=Russell D. C. |last2=Shcherbakov |first2=Dmitry E. |date=30 June 2021 |title=New austrolimulid from Russia supports role of Early Triassic horseshoe crabs as opportunistic taxa |journal=PeerJ |volume=9 |pages=e11709 |doi=10.7717/peerj.11709 |pmid=34249518 |pmc=8254475 |issn=2167-8359 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bicknell |first=Russell Dean Christopher |date=30 June 2021 |title=We discovered a new fossil species of horseshoe crab (and named it after David Attenborough) |url=http://theconversation.com/we-discovered-a-new-fossil-species-of-horseshoe-crab-and-named-it-after-david-attenborough-163086 |url-status=live |access-date=29 October 2021 |website=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |archive-date=22 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822153232/https://theconversation.com/we-discovered-a-new-fossil-species-of-horseshoe-crab-and-named-it-after-david-attenborough-163086}}</ref> In July 2022, a fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature named ''[[Auroralumina attenboroughii]]'', which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, was named after Attenborough.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 July 2022 |title=Fossil of believed first animal predator named after David Attenborough |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-fossil-of-believed-first-animal-predator-named-after-david/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |archive-date=25 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725173133/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-fossil-of-believed-first-animal-predator-named-after-david/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Awards===
[[File:Bærekraftsprisen 2018.jpg|thumb|Attenborough in 2018 receiving an honorary award for his sustainability work from [[Bergen]] Business Council and Fana Sparebank]]
[[File:LI Awards 2019 270 N762.jpg|alt=award, Landscape architecture, sustainable, Landscape Architect, LI, Landscape Institute|thumb|Attenborough receiving the [[Landscape Institute]] Medal for Lifetime Achievement and becoming an Honorary Fellow of the Landscape Institute in 2019]]
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!scope="col"|Award
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|2=References|Refs.}}
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|1972 || [[Royal Geographical Society]]'s [[Cherry Kearton Medal and Award]]||<ref name="RGS">{{cite web |url=http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/5733E422-4831-4451-B7D8-052E80E8CD75/0/MedalWinners19702012.pdf |title=Medals and Awards |publisher=[[Royal Geographical Society]] |access-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002055718/http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/5733E422-4831-4451-B7D8-052E80E8CD75/0/MedalWinners19702012.pdf |archive-date=2 October 2013}}</ref>
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|1974 || Appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) for services to nature conservation in the [[1974 Birthday Honours]] || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=46310 |date=7 June 1974 |page=6799 |supp=y}}</ref>
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|1980 || [[BAFTA Fellowship]] ||<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of television |first=Horace |last=Newcomb |isbn=1-57958-394-6 |page=157 |publisher=Routledge |edition=2 |date=7 October 2004}}</ref>
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|1981 || [[Kalinga Prize|Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science]] from [[UNESCO]] ||<ref>{{cite web |title=UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/science-technology/sti-policy/global-focus/science-popularization/prizes/kalinga-prize/kalinga-winners/laureates-89-70/ |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=15 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416191624/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/science-technology/sti-policy/global-focus/science-popularization/prizes/kalinga-prize/kalinga-winners/laureates-89-70/ |archive-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|1983 || [[List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1983|Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)]] ||<ref name=frs>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014064120/https://royalsociety.org/people/david-attenborough-11015/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 August 2021 |archive-date=14 October 2015 |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/david-attenborough-11015/ |title=Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS Statute 12 |publisher=[[Royal Society]] |location=London}}</ref>
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|1985 || [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[1985 Birthday Honours]] || <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50154 |date=15 June 1985 |page=1 |supp=y}}</ref>
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|1991 || [[Royal Victorian Order|Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] (CVO) for producing Queen [[Elizabeth II]]'s [[Royal Christmas Message|Christmas broadcast]] for a number of years from 1986 in the [[1991 Birthday Honours]] || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52563 |date=14 June 1991 |page=4 |supp=y}}</ref>
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|1991 || Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] ||<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web |title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A |url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf |publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |access-date=27 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510021801/http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|1992 || Elected Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academicians|title=Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS (1992), Royal Academy of Arts, London|access-date=29 January 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129133649/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academicians|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 1996 || [[Kew International Medal]] || <ref name=seb/>
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|1996 || [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] (CH) for services to nature broadcasting in the [[1996 New Year Honours]]||<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54255 |date=29 December 1995 |page=5 |supp=y}}</ref>
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|1998 || [[International Cosmos Prize]] ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Conservation and biodiversity research wins international prize for British scientist |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/14094/conservation-biodiversity-research-wins-international-prize/ |access-date=12 March 2019 |agency=Imperial College London |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905203614/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/14094/conservation-biodiversity-research-wins-international-prize/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2000 ||[[RSPB Medal]] ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/408162-stanley-johnson-awarded-rspb-medal |title=Gifted naturalist is awarded prestigious RSPB medal |date=10 October 2015 |publisher=[[RSPB]] |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906110056/http://ww2.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/408162-stanley-johnson-awarded-rspb-medal |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2003 || [[Michael Faraday Prize]] awarded by the [[Royal Society]]|| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/research/rtdinfo/44/article_2024_en.html |title=Research – RTD info -N° 44 – February 2005 – European science – from Nobel to Descartes |date=14 February 2010 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=14 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214141107/http://ec.europa.eu/research/rtdinfo/44/article_2024_en.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2004 || [[Descartes Prize]] for Outstanding Science Communication Actions || <ref>{{Cite journal |title=Descartes' Europe: one good revolution deserves another |first=Andrew |last=Moore |date=5 February 2005 |journal=EMBO Reports |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=110–113 |doi=10.1038/sj.embor.7400340 |pmid=15689937 |pmc=1299250}}</ref>
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| 2004 || [[Caird Medal]] of the [[National Maritime Museum]] || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.captaincooksociety.com/vol27no4.pdf |title=Cook's Log v27 no. 4 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830225748/https://www.captaincooksociety.com/vol27no4.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2004 || [[José Vasconcelos World Award of Education]] awarded by the [[World Cultural Council]] || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-education-davidattenborough.php |title=World Cultural Council / Winners – Education – Sir David Attenborough |date=29 October 2013 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202032/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-education-davidattenborough.php |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2005 || [[Member of the Order of Merit]] (OM) || <ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57645 |date=20 May 2005 |page=6631}}</ref>
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|2005 || [[Nierenberg Prize]] for Science in the Public Interest ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest |url=https://scripps.ucsd.edu/about/awards/nierenberg |access-date=6 September 2021 |work=Scripps Institution of Oceanography |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414085833/https://scripps.ucsd.edu/about/awards/nierenberg |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2006 || [[National Television Awards]] Special Recognition Award || <ref>{{Cite web|title=Winners: National Television Awards|url=https://www.nationaltvawards.com/winners|access-date=6 September 2021|work=nationaltvawards.com|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111215721/https://www.nationaltvawards.com/winners|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2006 || [[Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management]] ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ieem.net |title=Welcome to IEEM |publisher=IEEM |access-date=31 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105172744/http://www.ieem.net/ |archive-date=5 November 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2006 || ''[[The Culture Show]]'' British Icon Award || <ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC – Culture Show – Living Icons |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/livingicons/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |publisher=BBC |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125015313/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/livingicons/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2007 || [[British Naturalists' Association]] [[British Naturalists' Association#Peter Scott Memorial Award|Peter Scott Memorial Award]] || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Scott award – British Naturalists' Association |url=https://bna-naturalists.org/scott-prize/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |work=bna-naturalists.org |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228002452/https://bna-naturalists.org/scott-prize/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2007 || Fellowship of [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]] || <ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Fellowship – Society of Antiquaries of London |url=https://www.sal.org.uk/our-fellows/about-the-fellowship/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |work=Society of Antiquaries of London |archive-date=18 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618020027/https://www.sal.org.uk/our-fellows/about-the-fellowship/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2008 || The [[Royal Photographic Society]] Progress medal and Honorary Fellowship || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Progress Medal |url=https://rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/progress-medal/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |work=The RPS |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507040456/https://rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/progress-medal |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2009 || [[Prince of Asturias Award]] ||<ref name="Asturias">{{cite web |url=http://fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/en/awards/2009/david-attenborough-1/ |title=Prince of Asturias Awards 2009 |access-date=4 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726071526/http://fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/en/awards/2009/david-attenborough-1/ |archive-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>
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|2010 || [[Fonseca Prize]] || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Fonseca Prize 2010 – ConCiencia Programme – USC |url=https://www.usc.gal/en/cursos/conciencia/premio_fonseca2010.html |access-date=6 September 2021 |work=usc.gal |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906110020/https://www.usc.gal/en/cursos/conciencia/premio_fonseca2010.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2010 ||[[Queensland Museum]] Medal || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/About+Us/News/Media+Releases/2010/01/Sir+David+Attenborough+honoured+by+Qld+Museum |title=Sir David Attenborough honoured by Qld Museum |publisher=Queensland Government |date=20 January 2010 |access-date=15 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330164328/http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/About%2BUs/News/Media%2BReleases/2010/01/Sir%2BDavid%2BAttenborough%2Bhonoured%2Bby%2BQld%2BMuseum |archive-date=30 March 2011}}</ref>
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|2011 || [[Society for the History of Natural History]] Founders' Medal || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir David Attenborough OM CH FRS is awarded the SHNH – Society for the History of Natural History Founders' Medal. – Society for the History of Natural History |url=https://shnh.org.uk/news/sir-david-attenborough-om-ch-frs-is-awarded-the-shnh-society-for-the-history-of-natural-history-fo/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |work=Society for the History of Natural History |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906110019/https://shnh.org.uk/news/sir-david-attenborough-om-ch-frs-is-awarded-the-shnh-society-for-the-history-of-natural-history-fo/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2011 || [[Association for International Broadcasting]] International TV Personality of the year || <ref>{{Cite web|title=AIB announces Winners of 2011 AIBs International Media Awards {{!}} AIB|url=https://aib.org.uk/aib-announces-winners-of-2011-aibs-international-media-awards/|access-date=6 September 2021|work=aib.org.uk|archive-date=6 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906110021/https://aib.org.uk/aib-announces-winners-of-2011-aibs-international-media-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2012 || [[IUCN]] Phillips Memorial Medal for outstanding service in international conservation || <ref>{{cite web |last=Cole |first=Alan |title=Sir David Attenborough: IUCN award |url=http://www.xperedon.com/news_1676 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210111220/http://www.xperedon.com/news_1676 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 February 2013 |publisher=Xperedon Charity News |access-date=15 September 2012}}</ref>
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|2015 || Individual [[Peabody Award]] || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://grady.uga.edu/naturalist-sir-david-attenborough-awarded-individual-peabody/ |title=Naturalist Sir David Attenborough Awarded Individual Peabody |website=uga.grady.edu |date=14 April 2015 |access-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825060258/http://grady.uga.edu/naturalist-sir-david-attenborough-awarded-individual-peabody/ |archive-date=25 August 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2017 || [[Britain-Australia Society]] Award for outstanding contribution to strengthening British/Australian bilateral understanding and relations ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://britain-australia.org.uk/events/event/the-britain-australia-society-award-2017/ |title=BritainAustralia Society Award 2017 |publisher=Britain-Australia Society |date=4 January 2018 |access-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413190447/http://britain-australia.org.uk/events/event/the-britain-australia-society-award-2017/ |archive-date=13 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|2017 || Honorary Member of the [[Moscow Society of Naturalists]] ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moip.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poch-chlen-02.doc |title=Moscow Society of Naturalists official site |language=ru |website=Moip.msu.ru |access-date=16 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416013525/http://www.moip.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poch-chlen-02.doc |archive-date=16 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2017 || Gold Medal of the [[Royal Canadian Geographical Society]] ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcgs.org/awards/gold_medal/previous_winners.asp |title=Gold Medal-Award Recipients since its inception in 1972 |publisher=RCGS |access-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106221951/http://www.rcgs.org/awards/gold_medal/previous_winners.asp |archive-date=6 November 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|2018 || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator]] ||<ref name="2018 Emmys">{{Cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-narrator |title=Nominees/Winners |website=Television Academy |access-date=17 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119122915/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-narrator |archive-date=19 January 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|2018 || [[The Perfect World Foundation]] Award ||<ref>{{cite web |title=The Perfect World Award |url=https://www.theperfectworld.com/the-perfect-world-award/ |website=The Perfect World Foundation |access-date=22 August 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822152104/https://www.theperfectworld.com/the-perfect-world-award/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2019 || Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator ||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-narrator |title=Nominees/Winners &#124; Television Academy |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=15 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105155628/https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-narrator |archive-date=5 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2019 || [[Landscape Institute]] Medal for Lifetime Achievement ||<ref name="2019 LI">{{cite news |title=LI to honour Sir David Attenborough with the Landscape Institute Medal |url=https://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/li-to-honour-sir-david-attenborough-with-the-landscape-institute-medal/ |access-date=2 November 2019 |agency=Landscape Institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202212313/https://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/li-to-honour-sir-david-attenborough-with-the-landscape-institute-medal/ |archive-date=2 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|2019 || Landscape Institute Honorary Fellow (HonFLI) ||<ref name="2019 LI"/>
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|2019 || Crystal Award at the [[World Economic Forum]] in [[Davos, Switzerland]] ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Davos 2019: Meet the Crystal Award winners |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/12/davos-2019-meet-the-crystal-award-winners/ |website=World Economic Forum |date=10 December 2018 |access-date=22 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120183442/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/12/davos-2019-meet-the-crystal-award-winners/ |archive-date=20 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=David Attenborough: 'The Garden of Eden is no more'. Read his Davos speech in full |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/david-attenborough-transcript-from-crystal-award-speech/ |website=World Economic Forum |date=21 January 2019 |access-date=22 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213091400/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/david-attenborough-transcript-from-crystal-award-speech |archive-date=13 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2019 || [[Indira Gandhi Prize|Indira Gandhi Peace Prize]]|| <ref>{{Cite news |title=British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough awarded Indira Gandhi Peace Prize at online event |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/british-broadcaster-sir-david-attenborough-awarded-indira-gandhi-peace-prize-at-online-event/articleshow/77993456.cms |access-date=14 May 2021 |archive-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514032707/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/british-broadcaster-sir-david-attenborough-awarded-indira-gandhi-peace-prize-at-online-event/articleshow/77993456.cms |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2019 || [[Chatham House Prize]] || <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/11/sir-david-attenborough-and-bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-awarded-chatham-house-prize |title=Sir David Attenborough and the BBC Studios Natural History Unit awarded Chatham House Prize 2019 for ocean advocacy |date=19 November 2019 |access-date=8 July 2022 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512041701/https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/11/sir-david-attenborough-and-bbc-studios-natural-history-unit-awarded-chatham-house-prize |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2020 || [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (GCMG) in the [[2020 Birthday Honours]] for services to television broadcasting and to conservation ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/attenborough-gets-a-second-knighthood-6hzp527r7 |title=Attenborough gets a second knighthood |last=Low |first=Valentine |date=10 October 2020 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |access-date=10 October 2020 |type=subscription |archive-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010070123/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/attenborough-gets-a-second-knighthood-6hzp527r7 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B3|date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
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|2021 || Lifetime Achievement Award ([[Champions of the Earth]]) || <ref>{{cite web |last1=Programme |first1=UN Environment |title=Lifetime Achievement |url=https://www.unep.org/championsofearth/award/lifetime-achievement |website=Champions of the Earth |language=en |date=26 November 2020 |access-date=22 July 2022 |archive-date=22 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722083705/https://www.unep.org/championsofearth/award/lifetime-achievement |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2022 ||[[Champions of the Earth|Champion of the Earth]] award from the [[United Nations Environment Programme]]||<ref name=champion>{{cite web |title=David Attenborough receives the UN's most distinguished environment award |url=https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/david-attenborough-receives-uns-most-distinguished-environment-award |publisher=UN Environment Programme |language=en |date=21 April 2022 |access-date=21 April 2022 |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421063808/https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/david-attenborough-receives-uns-most-distinguished-environment-award |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2022||Lifetime Achievement Award at [[43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards]]||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/national-academy-of-tv-arts-sciences-announces-2022-news-documentary-emmy-nominees-1235188293/|title=2022 News & Documentary Emmy Nominations Revealed|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Beatrice|last=Verhoeven|date=28 July 2022|accessdate=30 July 2022|archive-date=29 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729204703/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/national-academy-of-tv-arts-sciences-announces-2022-news-documentary-emmy-nominees-1235188293/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2023 || UK's Favourite TV Presenter of All Time (Perspectus Global) || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sir-david-attenborough-voted-uks-123000340.html |title=Sir David Attenborough voted UK's favourite TV presenter of all time |website=Yahoo! News |date=9 March 2023 |publisher=Yahoo |access-date=10 March 2023 |archive-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310165030/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sir-david-attenborough-voted-uks-123000340.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2023
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As of 2014, he was the only person to have won [[BAFTA Awards]] for programmes in black and white, [[Colour television|colour]], high-definition and [[Digital 3D|3D]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir David Attenborough: Bafta TV awards 2014 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/may/11/tv-baftas-2014-observer-portfolio |work=The Guardian |date=3 December 2017 |access-date=3 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114534/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/may/11/tv-baftas-2014-observer-portfolio |archive-date=4 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>