Stuart Chambers (born 14 September 1937 in Auckland) is a New Zealand ornithologist. He has been associated with ornithologists Charles Fleming, A. H. Hooper, Ross McKenzie and R.B. Sibson. He is the author of Birds Of New Zealand – Locality Guide and New Zealand Birds – An Identification Guide. He has been involved with the Miranda Naturalists' Trust as well as the development of the Miranda Shorebird Centre, the Aroha Island Ecological Centre, and is a proponent of the development of birdwatching in New Zealand. Chambers is the owner and manager of the small New Zealand-based publishing company Arun Books.
Books authored and published:
Bird books
Birds of New Zealand: Locality Guide – 2000
Birds of New Zealand – The Colour Guide to Bird Identification – 2016
Birds of New Zealand – Locality Guide – Bird Places – 2011
Birds of New Zealand – locality guide – a birder's companion – 2012
Novels
Waiparu – 2009
Season of the sheep – 2009
Under the Fiji sun – 2009
The Reluctant Gardener – 2010
Hamna Kabisa – The Tanzanian Joke – 2012
The Par-Rem Kids – 2012
Pidgeon Place – 2023
Other
The Farmers Way – 2015
The Way of the Farmer – 1977