Dr Denis Allan Saunders, AM, (b. 1947) is an Australian

ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

and conservationist.

Awards

* 1998 – received the Individual in Government Award of the International Society for Conservation Biology * 1999 – received the IALE Distinguished Scholarship Award of the International Association of Landscape Ecology * 2005 – made a member of the General Division of the

Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

(AM) for "service to nature conservation, particularly through the study of Australian birds and the development of landscape ecology in Australia" * 2006 – awarded the D.L. Serventy Medal of the

Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), now part of BirdLife Australia, was Australia's largest non-government, non-profit, bird conservation organisation. It was founded in 1901 to promote the study and conservation of the native b ...

(RAOU) for outstanding contributions to publication in the science of ornithology in the

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n region

References

* Olsen, Penny. (2006). D.L. Serventy Medal: Citation. Denis A. Saunders. ''

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