List of ornithology awards

This index provides a brief notable list of ornithology awards, recognizing achievements in the study of birds. It includes awards for both professional scientists and amateur birdwatchers. The list specifies the country of the sponsor organization, though some awards have an international scope and are not limited to one country.

Anthus campestris. John Gould

List

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Country	Award	Given by
United States	Bergstrom Award	Association of Field Ornithologists[1]
United Kingdom	Bernard Tucker Medal	British Trust for Ornithology[2]
United States	Brewster Medal	American Ornithological Society[3]
United States	Chandler Robbins Award	American Birding Association[4]
United States	Claudia Wilds Award	American Birding Association[4]
Australia	D. L. Serventy Medal	Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union[5]
United Kingdom	Dilys Breese Medal	British Trust for Ornithology[6][7]
United States	Eisenmann Medal	Linnaean Society of New York[8]
United States	Frank M. Chapman grant	American Museum of Natural History[9]
United Kingdom	Godman-Salvin Medal	British Ornithologists' Union[10][11]
Australia	John Hobbs Medal	Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union[12]
United States	Loye and Alden Miller Research Award	Cooper Ornithological Society[13][14]
United States	Ludlow Griscom Award	American Birding Association[15]
United States	Margaret Morse Nice Medal	Wilson Ornithological Society[16]
United Kingdom	Marsh Awards for Ornithology	British Trust for Ornithology[17][18]
New Zealand	Robert Falla Memorial Award	Ornithological Society of New Zealand[19][20]
United States	Robert Ridgway Award	American Birding Association[4]
United States	Roger Tory Peterson Award	American Birding Association[4]
Australia	S.G. 'Bill' Lane Award	Charles Sturt University[21]
United States	Scutch Award	Association of Field Ornithologists[22]
United Kingdom	Union Medal of the British Ornithological Union	British Ornithologists' Union[23][24]
Australia	W. Roy Wheeler Medallion	Bird Observation & Conservation Australia[25][26]

See also

• Lists of awards
• Lists of science and technology awards
• List of biology awards