# Alan Leishman

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**Alan Leishman** is a now retired Australian garden administrator and amateur [ornithologist](/source/Ornithologist). He previously worked for the [Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Sydney). He is a [bird-bander](/source/Bird_banding) and has had a long association with the [Australian Bird Study Association](/source/Australian_Bird_Study_Association), serving as foundation editor of its journal *[Corella](/source/Corella_(journal))* 1977–1983, and production editor 1984–1989. In 1998 he was awarded the [RAOU](/source/Royal_Australasian_Ornithologists_Union)'s [John Hobbs Medal](/source/John_Hobbs_Medal) for outstanding contributions to Australian ornithology as an amateur.

## See also

- [List of ornithologists](/source/List_of_ornithologists)

## References

- 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

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