Australian Bird Guide: Concise Edition

Davies, Jeff; Menkhorst, Peter; Rogers, Danny

ISBN 10 : 1399406299 ISBN 13 : 9781399406291

Editeur : Helm, 2022

Synopsis

Comprehensive yet portable, this concise field-guide edition of Australian Bird Guide is an essential companion for every birdwatcher visiting Australia

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jeff Davies is a lifelong birder who completed a Fine Arts Painting Major at Caulfield Institute of Technology. He has contributed artwork for Freshwater and Estuarine Fishes of Wilson's Promontory (Fisheries & Wildlife Div. 1983), Shorebirds of Australia (Nelson 1987), Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (OUP) and The Penguins (OUP 1995). Jeff prefers to work with water-based mediums and commissioned works can be found in private collections in Australia and North America.

Peter Menkhorst has more than thirty-five years' experience in ecological research and the survey and management of Australian mammals and birds. He has worked in a range of environmental roles in the Victorian government since 1976 and is the author of Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia.

Danny Rogers completed a PhD on shorebirds in Roebuck Bay, north-western Australia and has birded widely in Australia, South Korea, Malaysia and Iran. He has particular interests in the minutiae of plumage, moults and field identification, and in the ecology and conservation of shorebirds.

Rohan Clarke is an ecologist at Monash University, with expertise in conservation biology and avian ecology. He is also a prominent member of the Australian birdwatching community, having been involved in the discovery of more than 15 species that were previously unrecorded the country. Rohan is a longstanding member of the BirdLife Australia Rarities Committee, and sits on the editorial board for the journal Australian Field Ornithology.

Peter Marsack trained as a zoologist but has also worked extensively as a natural history artist and illustrator. He was an artist for the multi-volume Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, and a prize-winner in the inaugural Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Helm
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1399406299
• ISBN 13: 9781399406291
• Reliure: Carton flexible
• Illustrateur: Clarke Rohan, Marsack Peter, Franklin Kim
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible