Shane A. Parker

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Shane A. Parker (b. 1943, d. Adelaide 21 November 1992) was a British-born museum curator and ornithologist, who emigrated to Australia in 1967. He worked as a curator at the South Australian Museum 1976-1992.

Parker described Cox's Sandpiper as a species new to science in 1982; this wader was later revealed to be a hybrid. He was the senior author of the first two parts (all that were published) of the Annotated Checklist of the Birds of South Australia, Part 1: Emus to Spoonbills (1979), and Part 2A: Waterfowl (1985).

[edit] References

• Joseph, Leo. (1993). Obituary. Shane A. Parker 1943-1992. Emu 93: 297-298.
• 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