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Stephen Debus

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Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, University of New England

I am now an honorary research associate in zoology at UNE, and work as an ecological consultant. As a former research fellow in zoology at UNE, most of my work was on owls, raptors and threatened/declining woodland birds. The definitive CSIRO study on the ecology and distribution of Australian crows and ravens, in the 1970s, sparked my interest, and I have occasionally done some amateur, spare-time (unfunded, unofficial) study on those birds. I discovered a coastal population of the Forest Raven on the lower north coast of NSW, and did a minor study of Forest Raven ecology on the Northern Tablelands.

Experience

  • 1994–present
    Ecological consultant, privately
  • 1990–2006
    Research Fellow in zoology, University of new England

Education

  • 2004 
    University of New England, PhD zoology

Publications

  • 2009
    The Owls of Australia: A Field Guide to Australian Night Birds, Envirobook, Sydney
  • 1998
    The Birds of Prey of Australia: A Field Guide, Oxford University Press, Melbourne

Research Areas

  • Zoology (0608)
  • Terrestrial Ecology (060208)
  • Population Ecology (060207)

Honours

Bird Observers Club of Australia, Distinguished Service Award for editing the journal Australian Field Ornithology for 20 years. Honorary life membership, Australasian Raptor Association for editing Australasian Raptor Association News for 10 years.