John B. Cox

John B. Cox is a British-born ornithologist,[1] who emigrated to Australia in 1968.

The hybrid shorebird Cox's Sandpiper was named after him by Shane Parker.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ian McLaran and Blake Maybank (Spring 1992). "Apparent Broad Billed Sandpiper in Nova-Scotia". American Birds. http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/NAB/v046n01/p00048-p00050.pdf. 
  2. ^ Parker, Shane A. (1982). "A new sandpiper of the genus Calidris". South Australian Naturalist 56: 63.