D. L. Serventy Medal
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The D.L. Serventy Medal may be awarded annually by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
for outstanding published work on birds in the Australasian region. It commemorates Dr Dominic Serventy
(1904–1988) and was first awarded in 1991 . Recipients of the Medal are:
Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also known as Birds Australia, was founded in 1901 to promote the study and conservation of the native bird species of Australia and adjacent regions. This makes it Australia's oldest national birding association. It is also Australia's largest...
for outstanding published work on birds in the Australasian region. It commemorates Dr Dominic Serventy
Dominic Louis Serventy
Dr Dominic Louis Serventy was an eminent Perth based Australian ornithologist. He was born at Brown Hill, Western Australia. He was educated at the University of Western Australia and Cambridge University to parents of Croatian origin. He was president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists...
(1904–1988) and was first awarded in 1991 . Recipients of the Medal are:
- 1991 - Ian RowleyIan Cecil Robert RowleyIan Cecil Robert Rowley was an Australian ornithologist of Scottish origin. He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Wellington College and Cambridge University...
- 1992 - John WarhamJohn WarhamDr John Warham was an Australian and New Zealand photographer and ornithologist notable for his research on seabirds, especially petrels....
- 1993 - Hugh FordHugh Alastair FordDr Hugh Alastair Ford is an Australian ornithologist.In 1973 he moved to Australia, first to Adelaide and then, in 1977, to the University of New England at Armidale...
- 1994 - Harry RecherHarry Frederick RecherProfessor Harry Frederick Recher is an Australian ornithologist who was born, and grew up in, the United States of America. He studied at the State University of New York College of Forestry and received his B.S. in 1959 from Syracuse University. He received a Ph.D...
- 1995 - Allen KeastJames Allen KeastProfessor James Allen Keast was an Australian ornithologist, and Professor of Biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Born in Turramurra, New South Wales, he performed war service 1941–45 in New Guinea and New Britain...
- 1996 - Cliff FrithClifford Brodie FrithDr Clifford Brodie Frith is an English-born Australian citizen and ornithologist.-Life:He is a self-employed private, independent, zoological researcher, consultant, natural history author, photographer and publisher....
and Dawn FrithDawn Whyatt FrithDr Dawn W. Frith is an English born Australian citizen and ornithologist. She is now a self-employed private, independent, zoological researcher, consultant, natural history author, and publisher.... - 1997 - Penny Olsen
- 1998 - Richard ZannRichard Alexis ZannRichard Alexis Zann was an Australian ornithologist. After taking his PhD in 1972 at the University of Queensland he moved to La Trobe University in Melbourne, Victoria. The main focus of his ornithological research was the Zebra Finch.In 1998 he was awarded the D. L...
- 1999 - Jiro KikkawaJiro KikkawaProfessor Jiro Kikkawa AM is a Japanese and an Australian ornithologist. His early zoological studies were in Japan and at Oxford University in England...
- 2000 - (no award)
- 2001 - John Woinarski
- 2002 - (no award)
- 2003 - Trevor Worthy and Richard N. Holdaway
- 2004 - Andrew CockburnAndrew Cockburn (ornithologist)Professor Andrew Cockburn is an Australian ornithologist based at the Australian National University in Canberra. He has worked, and published extensively, on the breeding behaviour of White-winged Choughs and Superb Fairy-wrens. In 2004 he was awarded the Royal Australasian Ornithologists...
- 2005 - Lesley BrookerLesley BrookerLesley Brooker is an Australian ornithologist based in Western Australia following retirement from a career with the CSIRO's Division of Wildlife Research. There she worked, as a database manager and computer modellwr, on developing methodologies for the re-design and restoration of agricultural...
and Michael BrookerMichael BrookerMichael Brooker is an Australian ornithologist based in Western Australia following retirement from a career with the CSIRO's Division of Wildlife Research. There he worked on Wedge-tailed Eagles, fauna surveys, the environmental impact of wildfire and the conservation value of remnant patches of... - 2006 - Denis A. SaundersDenis A. SaundersDr Denis Allan Saunders, AM, is an Australian ornithologist and conservationist.-Awards:* 1998 - received the Individual in Government Award of the International Society for Conservation Biology...
- 2007 - Michael ClarkeMichael Clarke (ornithologist)Michael Clarke is an Australian ornithologist. He is an Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Victoria, where he has worked since 1992. He is especially known for his research into the evolution of cooperative breeding in honeyeaters, particularly the genus Manorina. In 2007...
- 2008 - Stephen Garnett and Gabriel Crowley
- 2009 - Carla Catterall
- 2010 -
- 2011 - David Lindenmayer