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.
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.
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.
Author: Kathy Ombler Publisher: New Holland Australia(AU) ISBN: 9781869661540 Category : Bird watching Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
New Zealand's remarkable range of landscapes is home to an equally spectacular avian fauna. Not only are its endemic and native species at the top of any bird-watcher's must-see list, but its roll-call of seabirds is world-renowned. Here, Kathy Ombler introduces more than 30 of New Zealand's finest birding sites.
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
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.
Author: Julian Fitter Publisher: Traveller's Guide ISBN: 9780007354757 Category : Birds Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
An easy-to-use, compact photo guide to the birds of New Zealand, including tips on where to go to make the most of your visit. New Zealand has long been known as 'The Land of Birds', and as a popular holiday destination it is regularly visited by tourists from around the world. The country's birdlife is remarkably rich, with much of it not just endemic, but unlike anything elsewhere. This beautiful photographic guide is the ideal companion for travelling birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts alike. Featuring over 300 species of bird most likely to be encountered on a trip to New Zealand, it is the only guide that anyone travelling to this fascinating region of the world will need. Each bird is illustrated with a full-colour photograph along with a full species description, and key information on national parks helps readers to find the best spots to discover each bird. The book not only helps travellers to identify birds, it also highlights the importance of conservation efforts and offers guidelines on sensible behaviour whilst travelling through the area and encountering nature at its very best.
Author: Barrie D. Heather
Author: Hugh A. Robertson
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