Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide - Couverture souple

Gray, Jeannie; Fraser, Ian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0643104690 ISBN 13 : 9780643104693

Editeur : CSIRO Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ian Fraser is a naturalist, conservationist, author, ABC broadcaster, natural history tour guide, environmental consultant and adult educator who has lived and worked in Canberra since 1980. He was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion in 2006, for services to conservation and education, and is the author of A Bush Capital Year.

Jeannie Gray is a retired teacher and counsellor with a lifelong passion for the study of languages and natural history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CSIRO Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0643104690
• ISBN 13: 9780643104693
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible