Stephen Davies (ornithologist)

Dr Stephen John James Frank Davies (born 26 April 1935) is an Australian administrator and ornithologist. He worked for the CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research in Western Australia 1964–1984. His carried out research on emus and magpie geese. He is a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), President 1975-1978 and Chairman of the RAOU Research Committee 1975–1984. He was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1984. From 1984-1988 he also served the RAOU as its first paid (albeit part-time) Director.

References

• Anon. (1980). RAOU Fellow: Citation. Stephen John James Frank Davies. Emu 80: 243.
• Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3
• Davies's CV