As well as being a professional ornithologist with the CSIRO's Division of Wildlife Research, McKean was an enthusiastic twitcher, holding the record for the highest number of species of Australian birds seen in one year, 535, until 1979 when this was surpassed by Roy Wheeler.[3] He was also involved with the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union's Atlas of Australian Birds project.[4]
References
^Carter, Mike (1996). "Obituary: John Leonard McKean". Wingspan. Vol. 6, no. 2. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. p. 29.
^Stewart, David. (1996). Obituary: John McKean – 1941-1996. Flightlines18: 4.[1] downloaded 2 November 2007
^Dooley, Sean. (2005). The Big Twitch. Allen & Unwin: Sydney. ISBN1-74114-528-7
^Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Melbourne University Press: Carlton. ISBN0-522-84987-3
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