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Mr

Andrew Bird

Graduate Researcher

Ecological Plant and Animal Sciences Melbourne

Orcid identifier0000-0002-8071-9052
  • Graduate Researcher
    Ecological Plant and Animal Sciences Melbourne

BIO

I am a PhD candidate researching the taxonomy, conservation, and floral evolution of the Caladenia toxochila complex, a group of small-flowered greencomb spider orchids pollinated by sexual deception, distributed across remote areas of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and the ACT. My research includes using pollinator data to identify cryptic orchid taxa, combining pollinator and morphological data to revise current taxonomies, and using experimental approaches to investigate floral evolution in sexually deceptive greencomb spider orchids.

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

  • Demonstrator ZOO2FE
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia3 Mar 2025 - present

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Science (Wildlife Conservation Biology)
    The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021
  • Master of Science
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia1 Jul 2022 - 1 Jul 2024
  • Doctor of Philosophy
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia1 Aug 2024 - present