Tim Birkhead

Tim Birkhead is Professor of Behavioural Ecology at the University of Sheffield. His research interests include the breeding strategies and social behaviour of birds. He has travelled widely and conducted field studies on auks, magpies and the Zebra Finch, in various parts of the world, including Africa, Australia and North America. Tim has written or edited a number of other books on birds: The Magpies (1991); Sperm Competition in Birds (1992), and Encyclopedia of Ornithology (1992). He is married with three children; his other interests are music and painting.