Bernard Tucker

Bernard William Tucker ((1901-01-22)22 January 1901 - (1950-12-19)19 December 1950) was an English ornithologist.

He spent 1924 at the Zoological Station in Naples investigating parasitism in crustaceans.

Tucker along with Max Nicholson played a key role in leading the collaborative Oxford Bird Census in 1927.

[3][4] During his stint in Naples he met Gladys Allen whom he married on 11 July 1925.

[3] A subspecies of the Bornean treepie was named after him as Dendrocitta sinensis tuckeri by Tom Harrisson and C.H.

Tucker in 1934, photographed by Alexander Wetmore during the 8th International Ornithological Congress for which Tucker served as treasurer and secretary of the reception committee