Person

Heinsohn, Robert

Occupation
Conservation biologist and Ornithologist

Summary

Robert Heinsohn is a noted conservation biologist with a strong background in evolutionary and behavioural ecology, and a primary focus on birds. Increasingly his research has focused on the identification of broad-scale processes shaping conservation problems. Australian and Papua New Guinean birds on which Heinsohn has concentrated include Eclectus parrots Swift parrots and the Norfolk Island green parrot, His ground-breaking research has resulted in the discovery of kidnapping in white-winged choughs and the use of tools by palm cockatoos, and changes in the conservation status of these cockatoos (now endangered) and swift parrots (now critically endangered). Heinsohn was co-editor of Boom and bust: bird stories for a dry country (2009), the award-winning book that explored the adaptations of Australian birds to erratic weather. He has ben involved with BirdLife Australia's Regent Honeyeater recovery team and was for over a decade Associate Editor of the journal Emu. Heinsohn is Professor of Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University.

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Chronology

1990
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University
2009
Award - Whitley Medal (jointly), Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, for Boom and bust: bird stories for a dry country
2023
Award - D. L. Serventy Medal, Birdlife Australia

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Edited Books

  • Robin, Libby, Heinsohn, Robert and Joseph, Leo eds, Boom and Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country (Collingwood (Vic.) : CSIRO, 2009), 312 pp. Details

Journal Articles

Helen Cohn

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