Joseph Harvey Riley

{{Short description|American ornithologist (1873–1941)}}

Joseph Harvey Riley (September 19, 1873 – December 17, 1941) was an American ornithologist.{{Cite web | url=https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217276 | title=Record Unit 7118 Joseph Harvey Riley Papers, 1903, 1906, 1930s and undated}}

Born in Falls Church, Virginia, Riley was employed at the Smithsonian Institution from 1896 until his death, becoming Associate Curator of the Division of Birds in 1932.

A species of Bahamian iguana, Cyclura rileyi, is named in his honor.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Riley", p. 222).

The following subspecies of birds are named in his honor: Broderipus chinensis rileyi, Coracina temminchii rileyi, Coccyzus minor rileyi, Myophonus caeruleus rileyi, Strix indranee rileyi, and Pipilo alleni rileyi.