Ian McTaggart-Cowan OC OBC FRSC (June 25, 1910 – April 18, 2010) was a Scottish-Canadian zoologist, conservationist, and television presenter.

McTaggart-Cowan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and moved to North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with his family when he was three years old.

[3] Among the more than 275 publications which he authored or coauthored[4] is the comprehensive, encyclopedic four-volume Birds of British Columbia, to which he was a major contributor.

[7] McTaggart-Cowan acted as an environmental advocate within the confines of the political system, by writing to government ministers.

[7][9] He was a pioneer of science television,[10] including hosting the series Fur and Feather, The Living Sea, and Web of Life.

In total, he was the co-author of six teaching films on mammalian behaviour, 110 educational television programs, and more than 200 radio broadcasts.