Book Description
This highly respected guide is the must-have reference for birds in the New Zealand region.
Author : Brian Gill
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,38 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Birds
ISBN : 9781877385599
This highly respected guide is the must-have reference for birds in the New Zealand region.
Author : Evan Graham Turbott
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 22,58 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Birds
ISBN :
Author : Ornithological Society of New Zealand
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,6 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Birds
ISBN :
Author : E. G. Turbott
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 21,87 MB
Release : 1990
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Julian P. Hume
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 32,35 MB
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1472937465
A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Extinct Birds has become the standard text on this subject, covering both familiar icons of extinction as well as more obscure birds, some known from just one specimen or from travellers' tales. This second edition is expanded to include dozens of new species, as more are constantly added to the list, either through extinction or through new subfossil discoveries. The book is the result of decades of research into literature and museum drawers, as well as caves and subfossil deposits, which often reveal birds long-gone that disappeared without ever being recorded by scientists while they lived. From Great Auks, Carolina Parakeets and Dodos to the amazing yet almost completely vanished bird radiations of Hawaii and New Zealand via rafts of extinction in the Pacific and elsewhere, this book is both a sumptuous reference and astounding testament to humanity's devastating impact on wildlife.
Author : Nic Rawlence
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 37,28 MB
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 2889669335
Author : Rob Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,89 MB
Release : 2024-07-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1472985796
The first definitive work on the European Storm-petrel and its relatives, by one of the world's leading experts on the species. Imagine a bird as small as a sparrow, which lives most of its life on the open ocean yet can survive for decades. It walks on water, and migrates half way around the world, returning to remote islands to breed underground, often in the same rock crevice each year. At night it lays an enormous egg, feeding its chick until the nestling weighs more than both parents put together. It seems to have little fear of humans, but was itself feared by ancient seafarers. This might sound like the stuff of legend but is actually the description of a real creature, the storm-petrel: walker on water, global wanderer, climate sentinel and open-ocean survivor. In this beautifully written monograph, Rob Thomas explores the remarkable life of the European Storm-petrel, comparing and contrasting its behaviour and ecology across its range, and with the other storm-petrels of the world. We learn about their evolution, taxonomy, migration and adaptations to a life in the harsh open ocean, while also discovering what these enigmatic seabirds are revealing about what humans are doing to our planet. Illustrated with 150 photographs, and including the author's personal anecdotes and observations, Storm-petrels highlights some of the most exciting recent research findings and sets a trajectory for future discoveries.
Author : Jorge M. Pereira
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 2023-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832513611
Author : James L. Savage
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 2021-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 2889666778
Author : Joseph Forshaw
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0643106502
Joseph M. Forshaw, one of the world’s leading authorities on parrots, calls attention to the threats they face: they are one of the most endangered groups of birds, with a growing number of species nearing extinction. The main threats arise from habitat loss through deforestation and agricultural development and from the taking of birds for the international live-bird trade. Vanished and Vanishing Parrots brings together information on species that have become extinct in historical times with information on species that are in danger of becoming extinct to increase public awareness of the plight of these magnificent birds. Vivid colour plates by the wildlife artist Frank Knight draw attention to the spectacular species that we have lost or that could be lost. Forshaw’s work gives us fascinating insight into these endangered and extinct parrots. Vanished and Vanishing Parrots will be a valuable reference for scientific, ornithological and avicultural organisations, as well as individual lovers of birds and of illustrated natural history books.