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Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds
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Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds Hardback - 1999

by Peter Higgins (Editor)

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The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB) is one of the most exciting and significant projects in Australasian ornithology today. It provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and accurate synthesis of our knowledge of all the birds that live in the region. Continuing the tradition that began with Gould's Handbook of the Birds of Australia (1865), this authoritative and exciting volume will have a major impact on the direction of future research and the conservation of Australasian and Antarctic Birds. Nearly 900 species in the regions of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and the islands and reefs of the Coral Sea have been recorded and studied by many ornithologists around the world. Each account includes a full list of references, black-and-white illustrations of behavioral postures and plumage features, maps showing breeding and non-breeding distribution, sonograms of calls and songs, and diagrams of timing of breeding and moulting. The book also includes 70 color plates, painted by J.N. Davies. Volume 3 covers the pratincoles, migratory waders and shore birds, skuas, gulls and terns, and pigeons and doves. Some of the 115 species covered are only well known in Australasia, while others are familiar to ornithologists throughout the world.

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  • Title Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds
  • Author Peter Higgins (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 1248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Publication date April 23, 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780195530711 / 0195530713
  • Weight 7 lbs (3.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 13.3 x 8.6 x 2.9 in (33.78 x 21.84 x 7.37 cm)
  • Category Nature
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 91209529
  • Dewey Decimal Code 598.299

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Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird [HANZAB]

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird [HANZAB]

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Oxford University Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine hardcover in dust jacket of Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird. Published by the Royal Australian Ornithologists' Union and Oxford University Press. Color plates by J.N. DAVIES and others. 'HANZAB' is one of the most significant projects in Australian ornithology. It provides a comprehensive and accurate synthesis of knowledge of all the birds that occur in the region which includes Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica, the Antarctic and sub-antarctic islands, and the external territories of Cocos-Keeling, Christmas, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Kermadec, and Chatham Islands. Comprehensive natural history on each species, including Parrots, Cockatoos, Lorikeets, Cockatiel, Corella, Galah, Rosella, Kakapo, Cuckoos, Owls, Frogmouth, Nightjar, Swifts and Swiftlets, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, and Rollers (psittaciformes, cuculiformes, strigiformes, caprimulgiformes, apodiformes, and coraciiformes)
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Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds

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