John Edgar Courtney (born 1934) is an Australian farmer and amateur
ornithologist
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. He helped put together the first ''Field Guide to Australian Birdsong'', produced by the
Bird Observers Club of Australia. He joined the
Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
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(RAOU) in 1959 and was the RAOU's
New England
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regional representative 1971–1978. In 1999 he was awarded the
RAOU
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's
John Hobbs Medal
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for outstanding contributions to Australian ornithology as an amateur.
See also
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List of ornithologists
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This is a list of ornithologists who have articles, in alphabetical order by surname. See also :Ornithologists.
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* John Abbot – US
* Clinton Gilbert Abbott – US
* William Louis Abbott – US
* Humayun Abdulali — India
* Joseph ...
References
*Debus, Stephen. (1999). John Hobbs Medal 1999: Citation. John Edgar Courtney. ''Emu'' 99: 228.
*Robin, Libby. (2001). ''The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001''. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press.
Australian ornithologists
1934 births
Living people
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