A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

Author: Graham Pizzey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780691084831
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 548

Book Description
"If you carry only one field guide [to Australia], take the Pizzey".--American BirdsThis book is the most comprehensive work yet published in one volume on Australian bird life. Full details are given of the field marks, habits, voice characteristics, breeding and nesting habits, and range of each species. To enable quick field identification each description is linked by a serial number to its illustration and also to its relevant distribution map.

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

Author: Ken Simpson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Book Description
Fourth edition of a portable field guide which accompanies the fourth edition of TBirds of Australia'. Revised and expanded to include an illustrated rare bird bulletin, an Australian island territories checklist, 52 additional or replacement black-and-white drawings, and changes to 93 distribution maps. Also provides information on the taxonomy, habitat and biology of each bird family as well as covering such topics as prehistoric birds, and DNA-DNA hybridisation. Referenced and indexed.

Australian Bird Names

Author: Ian Fraser
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486311644
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 366

Book Description
This second edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! For each species, the authors examine the many-and-varied common names and full scientific name, with derivation, translation and a guide to pronunciation. Stories behind the name are included, as well as relevant aspects of biology, conservation and history. Original descriptions, translated by the authors, have been sourced for many species. As well as being a book about names, this is a book about the history of the ever-developing understanding of birds, about the people who contributed to this understanding and, most of all, about the birds themselves. This second edition has been revised to follow current taxonomy and understanding of the relationships between families, genera and species. It contains new taxa, updated text and new vagrants and will be interesting reading for anyone with a love of birds, words or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching.

A Field Guide to Australian Birds

Author: Peter Slater (ornithologue.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Australian Bird Guide

Author: Jeff Davies
Publisher: Helm Field Guides
ISBN: 9781399406291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description

The Princeton Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

Author: Ken Simpson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780691025759
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
All readers - occasional or avid bird-watchers, ornithologists or students - will find The Princeton Field Guide to the Birds of Australia an invaluable companion, whether they require readily accessible information in the field or reliable reference material for the desk.

The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds

Author: Peter Slater
Publisher: New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Limited
ISBN: 9781877069635
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Beginners and experienced birdwatchers turn to this guide to identify the birds they see in their backyards and on bushwalking or birdwatching expeditions. Designed to slip easily into a pocket, backpack or glove box. This is a new and updated version of the very popular Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds and includes 64 new or extensively revised colour plates, incorporating all the new birds observed in Australia, including Tasmania and islands and territories since 1986. Also included is a re-organisation of the guide into broad habitats - seabirds, shore birds, inland water birds and bush birds; updated common and scientific names, revised maps, and a new visual index to aid beginners in finding the most appropriate pages in the guide. A must for serious naturalists in Australia, be they beginners or experts.

Birds of Australia

Author: Iain Campbell
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400865107
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 393

Book Description
The best photographic field guide to Australia's birds Australia is home to a spectacular diversity of birdlife, from parrots and penguins to emus and vibrant passerines. Birds of Australia covers all 714 species of resident birds and regularly occurring migrants and features more than 1,100 stunning color photographs, including many photos of subspecies and plumage variations never before seen in a field guide. Detailed facing-page species accounts describe key identification features such as size, plumage, distribution, behavior, and voice. This one-of-a-kind guide also provides extensive habitat descriptions with a large number of accompanying photos. The text relies on the very latest IOC taxonomy and the distribution maps incorporate the most current mapping data, making this the most up-to-date guide to Australian birds. Covers all 714 species of resident birds and regularly occurring migrants Features more than 1,100 stunning color photos Includes facing-page species accounts, habitat descriptions, and distribution maps The ideal photographic guide for beginners and seasoned birders alike

A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia

Author: Peter Menkhorst
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
A comprehensive guide to identifying all 379 species of mammals known in Australia. Provides concise and accurate details of the appearance, diagnostic features, distribution of habitat and key behavioural characteristics of all mammals known to have occurred in Australia or its waters since European settlement.

A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

Author: Julian Fitter
Publisher: Princeton Pocket Guides
ISBN: 9780691153513
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Foreword by Rt. Hon, Helen Clark -- Don Menton -- a tribute -- Acknowledgments -- Author's introduction -- Map of New Zealand and its offshore islands -- Aotearoa New Zealand -- an introduction -- Map of New Zealand -- Conservation and alien species -- Identification notes -- Abbreviations -- Bird typography -- Seabirds -- Waterside and wetland birds -- Landbirds -- Extinct bird species -- Notes for the visitor -- National parks and protected areas -- Birding tour operators -- Useful environmental and conservation organisations.