# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leslie-christidis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:00:04.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leslie-christidis"
name: "Leslie Christidis"
slug: "leslie-christidis"
description: "Leslie Christidis, also simply known as Les Christidis, is an Australian ornithologist. His main research field is the evolution and systematics of birds. He has been director of Southern Cross University National Marine Science Centre since 2009. He was assistant director at Sydney's Australian Museum from 2004 to 2009."
tagline: "Australian ornithologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1959-05-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.869222666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Леслі Христідіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Christidis"
    title: "Leslie Christidis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%BB%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%82"
    title: "Λέσλι Κριστίντις"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Christidis"
    title: "Leslie Christidis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Christidis"
    title: "Les Christidis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Christidis"
    title: "Les Christidis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Кристидис, Лесли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Christidis"
    title: "Les Christidis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Christidis"
    title: "Les Christidis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3231508"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump