Bibliograph

Australian bird names, a complete guide, by Ian Fraser and Jeannie Gray

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Australian bird names, a complete guide, by Ian Fraser and Jeannie Gray

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Australian bird names

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

by Ian Fraser and Jeannie Gray

Sub title

a complete guide

Summary

BIRDS (ORNITHOLOGY). AUSTRALIAN. This book is aimed at anyone with an interest in birds, words, or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching. It discusses common and scientific names of every Australian bird, to tease out the 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

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