Michael Watkins (zoologist)

Michael Watkins is a British shipbroker and zoologist. He is known for his books about the eponyms of species.

Watkins is co-author of the books Whose Bird?: Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds, The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians, and The Eponym Dictionary of Birds.

The book Whose Bird? details more than 4,000 people who have been commemorated with common names of birds and was originally conceived as a method of raising money for the Disabled Birders Association.