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Birds of prey of Australia : a field guide / Stephen Debus ; illustrated by Jeff Davies.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Clayton, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, (c)2019.Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 204 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • other
ISBN:
  • 9781486311125
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QL696 .B573 2019
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Subject: "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."-- CSIRO Publishing Website.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

"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."-- CSIRO Publishing Website.

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