Birds of Prey of Australia - Stephen Debus

Birds of Prey of Australia

A Field Guide

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2019 | Third Edition
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-1111-8 (ISBN)
48,55 inkl. MwSt
This updated third edition of the popular and award-winning field guide Birds of Prey of Australia contains two sections: a field guide with distribution maps, illustrations and information on identification; and a handbook which includes an overview of the current knowledge about raptors, including their biology, ecology and behaviour.
Raptors are popular and iconic birds, and are important ecologically, with some species listed as threatened. Yet they are among the most difficult birds to identify. This fully updated Third Edition of the popular and award-winning field guide Birds of Prey of Australia contains two sections: a field guide with distribution maps, detailed illustrations and information on identification; and a handbook which includes an overview of the current knowledge about raptors, including their biology, ecology and behaviour. An illustrated section on difficult-to-distinguish species pairs is also included, along with new photographs.

Birds of Prey of Australia will appeal to a wide range of readers, including ornithologists, raptor biologists, birdwatchers, wildlife rescuers/carers, raptor rehabilitators, zookeepers, naturalists, bushwalkers, ecological consultants, fauna authorities, park rangers, state forestry personnel and students.

Features

Updated edition of this award-winning definitive field guide, with new and improved photos
‘Bible’ of raptor identification, providing current knowledge on the ecology and biology of these species
Companion to the recently released Australian Birds of Prey in Flight, which aids identification of soaring raptors

Stephen Debus has studied or observed all 24 of Australia’s resident raptor species during the past 40 years, almost half of them intensively and some over many years. Awarded BirdLife Australia’s D.L. Serventy Medal for ornithological publication, his many works include the books Australian Birds of Prey in Flight (2019), Australasian Eagles and Eagle-like Birds (2017) and Queensland’s Threatened Animals (2012).

BirdLife Australia

Preface to the first edition

Preface to the second edition

Preface to the third edition

About the author

About the illustrator

Introduction: Birds of prey

PART I: FIELD GUIDE

Species descriptions

Vagrants

Difficult species-pairs

PART II: HANDBOOK

Osprey

Small kites

Pernine kites

Large kites and sea-eagles

Goshawks and sparrowhawks

Australasian endemic hawks

Harriers

Booted eagles

Falcons

Threats, conservation and the future

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Melbourne
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 215 mm
Gewicht 500 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Naturführer
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 1-4863-1111-3 / 1486311113
ISBN-13 978-1-4863-1111-8 / 9781486311118
Zustand Neuware
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