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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-01-09 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007330b.htm person Heinsohn Robert AACR2 Ornithologist Conservation biologist 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. 1990 1990 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University 2009 2009 Award - Whitley Medal (jointly), Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, for Boom and bust: bird stories for a dry country 2023 2023 Award - D. L. Serventy Medal, Birdlife Australia Australian National University (1946 - )

Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology, Fenner School of Environment and Society (at 2023)

 D. L. Serventy Medal, BirdLife Australia (1991 - )

Awarded the Medal 2023

 'Heinsohn, Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Heinsohn, Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Boom and Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country Robin, Libby, Heinsohn, Robert and Joseph, Leo Boom and Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country Collingwood (Vic.) CSIRO 2009 Journal Article: D. L. Serventy Medal citation [Robert Heinsohn] Anon D. L. Serventy Medal citation [Robert Heinsohn] 2023 Emu: austral ornithology 123 3 260