Birds of New Zealand

Author: Paul Scofield
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9781869407339
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 544

Book Description
From the Kermadecs to Campbell Island, beloved endemics to passing vagrants, albatrosses and shearwaters to kiwi and kaka, Birds of New Zealand is the ultimate guide to this countrys extraordinary avian life. It is illustrated with almost 1000 new photographs and uses the latest information from birders and biologists to draw a definitive introduction to bird identification and behaviour. Includes expert information on the 345 bird species found in New Zealand; key identification characteristics and variation by age and sex; authoritative texts covering behaviour, distribution and taxonomy; and Maori, English and scientific names. A copy of this must-have guide belongs in every bach and backpack. The author of Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World, Paul Scofield is a leading New Zealand ornithologist. Brent Stephenson is a New Zealand bird photographer and tour leader.

A Photographic Guide to Birds of New Zealand

Author: Geoff Moon
Publisher: White Cloud Books
ISBN: 9781776940097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A reprint under a new ISBN, this fully revised edition of Photographic Guide to Birds of New Zealand with species accounts has been updated according to the 4th edition of the Ornithological Society's official Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. The many changes include updates to classification, distribution and population status. M?ori names have now also been added for all species, where applicable.

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.

Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

Author: Hugh Robertson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198508311
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
This beautifully illustrated handguide, provides a comprehensive guide to the birds of New Zealand . Robertson and Heather include detailed information on identification, habitat and location

The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

Author: Barrie D. Heather
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143570929
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
'You can put your hand on this book and swear by it, because it's the bible. Every bird of town, bush, swamp, island, beach, river and the sea is here - accurately, intricately, and beautifully observed.

The Brilliance of Birds

Author: Skye Wishart
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1776950623
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
Who knew that the morepork, our forest-dwelling owl, can turn its head 270 degrees? Or that the eastern bar-tailed godwit doubles its body weight before undertaking an epic and continuous migration of 11,000 kilometres? Or that the tui has a specially placed voicebox, enabling it to duet with itself, sometimes producing sounds too high-frequency for humans to hear? Zany, off-kilter, wondrous and wild, The Brilliance of Birds gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of some of New Zealand's feathered friends.

Native Birds of New Zealand

Author: David Hallett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473270803
Category : Endemic birds
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description

Birds of Melanesia

Author: Guy Dutson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408152460
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 451

Book Description
The perfect guide to the birds of Melanesia - New Caledonia, the Solomons, the Bismarcks and Vanuatu. Written by leading ornithologist, Guy Dutson, this new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarcks to Vanuatu. This is an increasingly popular destination for tours and travellers, and one that has never before had complete field-guide coverage. For anyone travelling to this far-flung Pacific region, this book is an indispensable birdwatching guide. Species accounts include 650 superb illustrations allied with concise written information to aid quick and accurate identification. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia.

Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds

Author: Brian J. Parkinson
Publisher: White Cloud Books
ISBN: 9781869665470
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds covers the 112 seabird species that are most likely to be encountered in New Zealand waters. Each species is illustrated with photos and a distribution map, while text accounts outline key ID and behavioural features, similar species, distribution and breeding areas, and population status. Advice on the best places to see each species is also given. Since the last edition nearly 150 new images have been added to the book, showing all the different key plumages of each species - for example adult, immature and different morphs - and illustrating the all-important wing-patterns of birds in flight to aid ID.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia

Author: Morten Strange
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691114958
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
This beautiful guide depicts over 600 species in almost 700 color photographs, offering detailed descriptions of each bird's voice and habits. Many of the photographs in this magnificent volume appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the rarest species.