9781486311637-1486311636-Australian Bird Names: Origins and Meanings

Australian Bird Names: Origins and Meanings

ISBN-13: 9781486311637
ISBN-10: 1486311636
Edition: 2
Author: Ian Fraser, Jeannie Gray
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Format: Paperback 368 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781486311637
ISBN-10: 1486311636
Edition: 2
Author: Ian Fraser, Jeannie Gray
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Format: Paperback 368 pages

Summary

Australian Bird Names: Origins and Meanings (ISBN-13: 9781486311637 and ISBN-10: 1486311636), written by authors Ian Fraser, Jeannie Gray, was published by CSIRO Publishing in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Australian Bird Names: Origins and Meanings (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

Description

This Second Edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading!

For each species, the authors examine the many-and-varied common names and 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 many species.

As well as being a book about names, this is a book about the history of the ever-developing understanding of birds, about the people who contributed to this understanding and, most of all, about the birds themselves. This Second Edition has been revised to follow current taxonomy and understanding of the relationships between families, genera and species. It contains new taxa, updated text and new vagrants and will be interesting reading for anyone with a love of birds, words or the history of Australian biology and bird-watching.

Features:
  • Offers readers with a greater understanding of the origins and bases for the names and relationships of Australian birds, which will in turn provide greater appreciation of and familiarity with the birds themselves
  • Presented in an entertaining and discursive manner, so that it can be read for enjoyment, as well as a reference
  • Expanded, rewritten and reorganised to conform taxonomically to the most recent version of the International Ornithological Committee’s (IOC) World Bird List (Version 8.2), including the addition of new vagrants and taxa.
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