The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar Quadrant
Author: Gregory Macalister Mathews
Publisher:
Published: 1928
Total Pages: 256
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The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar quadrant
Author: Gregory Macalister Mathews
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Published: 1928
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Author: Gregory M (Gregory Macalist Mathews
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019357712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explore the avian world of Australia and the South Polar Quadrant with this beautifully illustrated guide to bird species by Gregory M. Mathews. This book features detailed descriptions and illustrations of numerous bird species, complete with information on their habitats, behavior, and migration patterns. Whether you are a bird enthusiast or simply appreciate the beauty of the natural world, this book is sure to delight. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Zoological Catalogue of Australia
Author: Richard Schodde
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780643060371
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The Woodhen
Author: Clifford Frith
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2013-06-12
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0643108726
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book tells the fascinating success story of saving the flightless Woodhen of Lord Howe Island. This unique large rail, an iconic and highly endangered Australian bird, was at the very brink of extinction with just 15 individuals found in 1980, when bold and risky actions were taken to save it. The book begins with the discovery and ecology of Lord Howe Island. It then details the history of the Woodhen, its place among the rails and their evolution of flightlessness, the planning, implementation and trials, tribulations and successes of the captive breeding programme and the way in which the wild population recovered. The ecology, behaviour and breeding biology of this unique flightless island rail are also discussed. The text is accompanied by numerous photographs and drawings. This is a story of survival, yet the bird remains highly endangered as it is under constant potential threat, which could tip it over the brink and to extinction. The Woodhen provides gripping insights into the potential for both losing and saving vertebrate species. Winner of a 2014 Whitley Awards Certificate of Commendation for Historical Zoology.
Extinct Birds
Author: Julian P. Hume
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-08-24
Total Pages: 797
ISBN-13: 1472937457
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Extinct Birds has become the standard text on this subject, covering both familiar icons of extinction as well as more obscure birds, some known from just one specimen or from travellers' tales. This second edition is expanded to include dozens of new species, as more are constantly added to the list, either through extinction or through new subfossil discoveries. The book is the result of decades of research into literature and museum drawers, as well as caves and subfossil deposits, which often reveal birds long-gone that disappeared without ever being recorded by scientists while they lived. From Great Auks, Carolina Parakeets and Dodos to the amazing yet almost completely vanished bird radiations of Hawaii and New Zealand via rafts of extinction in the Pacific and elsewhere, this book is both a sumptuous reference and astounding testament to humanity's devastating impact on wildlife.
Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines
Author: R Schodde
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 1999-10-01
Total Pages: 887
ISBN-13: 0643102930
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Recent classifications of Australian birds have been limited to lists of "species" which are inadequate as biodiversity indicators. The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines fills a huge gap in ornithological knowledge by separating out and listing not only 340 species of song-birds but also the 720 distinct regional forms. Covering about half the national bird fauna, the Directory provides science and the community with baseline information about what bird it is and where it lives in an Australia-wide context. Identity is taken down to the level of distinct regional population. No other compendium on Australian birds does this.
Feather and Brush
Author: Penny Olsen
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2022-05-02
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 148631418X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Feather and Brush traces the history of bird art in Australia – from the simple engravings illustrating accounts of the earliest European voyages of discovery to the diversity of artwork available today. It explores the early European approach, in which naval draughtsmen, officers, convicts, settlers, naturalists, artists and scientists alike contributed both to the art and the science of ornithology, through to a wealth of contemporary artists who feature birds in their works. This book contains more than 400 images, representing the work of 158 artists; some well-known, others published for the first time. The illustrations have been selected for their interest, whether ornithological, historical or artistic. They range from classical to quirky, decorative to functional, monumental to intimate. Together they demonstrate the rich history of Australian bird art, as it evolved in Europe and Australia, and continues today, along with the trends and technologies of the times. This second edition includes new and revised chapters, and features about 200 new artworks, including some by Indigenous artists. Cultural sensitivity Readers are warned that there may be words, descriptions and terms used or referenced in this book that are culturally sensitive. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this book contains images and names of deceased persons.
Flocks of Colour
Author: Penny Olsen
Publisher: National Library Australia
Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0642278067
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What name could be a more apt description of Australia than ‘The Land of Parrots’, a name inspired by late sixteenth-century maps showing a southern region labelled ‘Psittacorum regio’? This beautiful book takes a close look at parrots in Australia, from the first published illustration of an Australian parrot—a Rainbow Lorikeet collected live on Cook’s 1770 voyage—to William T. Cooper’s twentieth-century watercolour of the elusive Night Parrot. With introductory essays by ornithologist Penny Olsen, Flocks of Colour covers two and a quarter centuries of discovery and illustration of Australia’s avifauna. It features a rich portfolio of images of all the Australian parrots, by various artists including John Gould, Edward Lear, Neville W. Cayley and William T. Cooper, selected from the collections of the National Library of Australia, The foreword is by Joseph Forshaw, a world expert on the parrot family.
