Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds
By: Les Christidis and Walter E. Boles.
Contributors: Boles, Walter.; CSIRO Publishing.
Publisher: CSIRO Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Collingwood, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780643065116
Subjects: Birds -- Australia; Birds -- Australia -- Classification; Birds -- Australia -- Identification
Genres: Identification.
Description: "This book presents an up-to-date classification of Australian birds. Building on the authors 1994 book, The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories, it incorporates the extensive volume of relevant systematic work since then. The findings of these studies are summarised and evaluated in the explanations for the taxonomic treatments adopted, and with the extensive citations, it serves as a comprehensive introduction to the recent systematic literature of Australian birds."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-256) and index.