Kenn Kaufman (born 1954) is an American author, artist, naturalist, and conservationist, known for his work on several popular field guides of birds and butterflies in North America.
[4][5] However, this record included regions like Baja California that are no longer ornithologically considered part of North America and has since been surpassed.
[6] His cross-country birding journey, covering some eighty thousand miles, was eventually recorded in a memoir, Kingbird Highway.
[7] Subsequently, he focused his work on creating and expanding upon birding field guides.
Kaufman also received the ABA Roger Tory Peterson Award in 2008 for a "lifetime of achievements in promoting the cause of birding.