100 Australian Birds
Title | 100 Australian Birds PDF eBook |
Author | Georgia Angus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2021-02-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781741177220 |
A beautifully illustrated and jargon-free guide for the new generations of Australian birdwatchers.
The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds
Title | The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Slater |
Publisher | New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Limited |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Birds |
ISBN | 9781877069635 |
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.
Finding Australian Birds
Title | Finding Australian Birds PDF eBook |
Author | Rohan Clarke |
Publisher | CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Pages | 594 |
Release | 2014-05-28 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1486300855 |
Finding Australian Birds is a guide to the special birds found across Australia's vastly varied landscapes. From the eastern rainforests to central deserts, Australia is home to some 900 species of birds. This book covers over 400 Australian bird watching sites conveniently grouped into the best birding areas, from one end of the country to the other. This includes areas such as Kakadu in the Top End and rocky gorges in the central deserts of the Northern Territory, the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, rainforests distributed along the eastern Australian seaboard, some of the world's tallest forests in Tasmania, the Flinders Ranges and deserts along the iconic Strzelecki and Birdsville Tracks in South Australia, and the mallee temperate woodlands and spectacular coastlines in both Victoria and south west Western Australia. Each chapter begins with a brief description of the location, followed by a section on where to find the birds, which describes specific birdwatching sites within the location's boundaries, and information on accommodation and facilities. The book also provides a comprehensive 'Bird Finding Guide', listing all of Australia's birds with details on their abundance and where exactly to see them. Of value to both Australian birdwatchers and international visitors, this book will assist novices, birders of intermediate skill and keen 'twitchers' to find any Australian species.
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds
Title | Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 615 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Birds |
ISBN |
The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia
Title | The Complete Guide to Finding the Birds of Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Thomas |
Publisher | CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Pages | 481 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0643097856 |
This fully revised second edition describes the best-known sites for all of Australia's endemic birds, plus regular migrants such as seabirds and shorebirds. Covers all states and territories, plus all Australia's island and external territories.
Australian Bird Guide
Title | Australian Bird Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Davies |
Publisher | Helm Field Guides |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2022-10-27 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781399406291 |
Where Song Began
Title | Where Song Began PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Low |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 437 |
Release | 2016-09-27 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0300226802 |
An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia’s distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds of Australia flew beyond the continent’s boundaries and around the globe many millions of years ago. This eye-opening book tells the dynamic but little-known story of how Australia provided the world with songbirds and parrots, among other bird groups, why Australian birds wield surprising ecological power, how Australia became a major evolutionary center, and why scientific biases have hindered recognition of these discoveries. From violent, swooping magpies to tool-making cockatoos, Australia’s birds are strikingly different from birds of other lands—often more intelligent and aggressive, often larger and longer-lived. Tim Low, a renowned biologist with a rare storytelling gift, here presents the amazing evolutionary history of Australia’s birds. The story of the birds, it turns out, is inseparable from the story of the continent itself and also the people who inhabit it.