Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide - Brossura

Fraser, Ian; Gray, Jeannie

 
9780643104693: Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0643104690 ISBN 13: 9780643104693
Casa editrice: Csiro, 2013

Sinossi

This book is for anyone with an interest in birds, words, or the history of Australian biology and birdwatching. It discusses common and scientific names of every Australian bird to tease out their meanings--which may be useful, useless or downright misleading!

The authors examine every species: its often many--and--varied common names, its full scientific name, with derivation, translation and a guide to pronunciation. Stories behind the name are included, as well as relevant aspects of biology, conservation and history. Original descriptions, translated by the authors, have been sourced for most species.

As well as being a book about names this is also a book about the history of ever-developing understandings of birds, about the people who contributed and, most of all, about the birds themselves.

Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.

Editore
Csiro
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0643104690
ISBN 13 
9780643104693
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
336
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile