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Author Fraser, Ian.

Title Australian bird names : a complete guide / by Ian Fraser and Jeannie Gray
Published Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents Machine generated contents note: Non-Passerines -- Struthionidae; ostrich -- Casuariidae; emus, cassowaries -- Megapodiidae; mound builders -- Numididae; guineafowl -- Odontophoridae; California Quail -- Phasianidae; quails, chook relatives -- Anseranatidae; Magpie Goose -- Anatidae; geese, ducks, swans -- Phaethontidae; tropicbirds -- Podicipedidae; grebes -- Phoenicopteridae; flamingoes -- Columbidae; pigeons and doves -- Podargidae; frogmouths -- Caprimulgidae; nightjars -- Eurostopodidae; eared nightjars -- Aegothelidae; owlet-nightjars -- Apodidae; swifts -- Hydrobatidae; northern storm-petrels -- Oceanitidae; southern storm-petrels -- Diomedeidae; albatrosses -- Procellariidae; petrels, prions, shearwaters -- Spheniscidae; penguins -- Fregatidae; frigatebirds -- Sulidae; boobies and gannets -- Anhingidae; darters -- Phalacrocoracidae; cormorants -- Pelecanidae; pelicans -- Ciconiidae; storks -- Ardeidae; herons, egrets, bitterns -- Threskiornithidae; ibis and spoonbills -- Accipitridae; eagles, hawks, osprey etc. -- Falconidae; falcons -- Gruidae; cranes -- Rallidae; crakes and rails -- Otididae; bustards -- Chionidae; sheathbills -- Burhinidae; stone-curlews -- Haematopodidae; oystercatchers -- Recurvirostridae; stilts and avocets -- Charadriidae; plovers and dotterels -- Pedionomidae; plains-wanderer -- Jacanidae; jacanas -- Rostratulidae; painted snipes -- Scolopacidae; ẁaders'- snipes, sandpipers, curlews etc. -- Turnicidae; button-quails -- Glareolidae; pratincoles -- Stercorariidae; skuas and jaegers -- Laridae; gulls, terns and noddies -- Nestoridae; New Zealand parrots -- Cacatuidae; cockatoos -- Psittacidae; parrots -- Cuculidae; cuckoos -- Strigidae; typical or hawk owls -- Tytonidae; barn owls -- Alcedinidae; river or fishing kingfishers -- Halcyonidae; tree kingfishers -- Meropidae; bee-eaters -- Coraciidae; rollers -- Passerines -- Pittidae; pittas -- Menuridae; lyrebirds -- Atrichornithidae; scrub-birds -- Climacteridae; Australasian treecreepers -- Ptilonorhynchidae; bowerbirds -- Maluridae; fairy-wrens, emuwrens, grasswrens -- Dasyornithidae; bristlebirds -- Acanthizidae; scrubwrens and allies, gerygones, thornbills, whitefaces -- Pardalotidae; pardalotes -- Meliphagidae; honeyeaters and chats -- Pomatostomidae; Australian babblers -- Orthonychidae; logrunners -- Psophodidae; quail-thrushes, whipbirds, wedgebills -- Neosittidae; sittellas -- Campephagidae; cuckoo-shrikes and trillers -- Pachycephalidae; shrike-tit, whistlers and shrike-thrushes -- Oriolidae; orioles and figbirds -- Artamidae; woodswallows, magpies, currawongs, butcherbirds -- Dicruridae; drongoes -- Rhipiduridae; fantails -- Laniidae; shrikes -- Corvidae; ravens and crows -- Monarchidae; monarch-flycatchers -- Corcoracidae; chough and apostlebird -- Paradisaeidae; birds of paradise, riflebirds, manucodes -- Petroicidae; Australian robins -- Alaudidae; larks -- Cisticolidae -- Acrocephalidae; reed-warblers -- Megaluridae; some Òld World Warblers', including grassbirds and songlarks -- Timaliidae; silvereyes, white-eyes -- Phylloscopidae; some Old World warblers including leaf-warblers -- Hirundinidae; swallows and martins -- Pycnonotidae; bulbuls -- Muscicapidae; Old World flycatchers -- Turdidae; thrushes -- Sturnidae; starlings -- Nectariniidae; flowerpeckers and sunbirds -- Estrildidae; grass-finches -- Passeridae; Old World sparrows -- Motacillidae; pipits and wagtails -- Fringillidae; ̀true' finches -- Emberizidae; buntings and American sparrows
Summary An up-to-date, readily digestible check-list of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Birds -- Australia -- Classification
Birds -- Australia -- Identification
Birds -- Australia -- History
NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
Birds
Australia
Genre/Form Classification
Field guides
History
Form Electronic book
Author Gray, Jeannie
CSIRO (Australia)
ISBN 9780643104709
0643104704
9780643104716
0643104712