Penelope Diane Olsen is an Australian

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

and

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. She has worked with

CSIRO The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentar ...

as an experimental officer and an Honorary Research Associate as well as being an

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Postdoctoral Fellow at the

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. She is also internationally recognised as an expert on

raptor Raptor or RAPTOR may refer to: Animals The word "raptor" refers to several groups of bird-like dinosaurs which primarily capture and subdue/kill prey with their talons. * Raptor (bird) or bird of prey, a bird that primarily hunts and feeds on v ...

s and was involved in the conservation work on

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...

for the Norfolk Island Boobook. She was President of the

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1984–1989. In 1997 she was awarded the

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's D.L. Serventy Medal for excellence in published work on birds in the

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n region. Olsen formerly edited ''

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'', an ornithology magazine published by Birds Australia.

Bibliography

Monographs

* * * * Olsen, Penny. (2005). ''Wedge-tailed Eagle''. Australian Natural History Series. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. * * Olsen, Penny. (2010). ''Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals'', National Library of Australia: Canberra. * Olsen, Penny. (adapted). (2010). ''The Best Nest'', National Library of Australia: Canberra. (pbk) * Olsen, Penny. (2012). ''Our Nest is Best!'', National Library of Australia: Canberra. (hbk) * Olsen, Penny. (2013). ''Have You Seen My Egg?'', National Library of Australia: Canberra. (pbk) *

Articles

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References

*Anon. (1997). D.L. Serventy Medal 1997: Citation. Penelope Diane Olsen. ''Emu'' 97: 262. *Robin, Libby. (2001). ''The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901–2001''. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. Olsen, Penny Olsen, Penny Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian women scientists {{Australia-ornithologist-stub