The birds of prey of Australia
Subtitle: a field guide
By: Stephen Debus ; illustrated by Jeff Davies
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Csiro Publishing in association with Birdlife
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780643104365; 9780643104372; 9780643104389
Subjects: Birds of prey; Identification
Description: This book is an illustrated field guide to diurnal raptors, a bird group that many people find among the most difficult birds to identify. Raptors are popular and iconic birds, and important ecologically as well as in legislation, with some species listed as threatened. Birds of Prey of Australia will enable people to more easily identify them. It also provides a brief overview of the biology of raptors and an indication of the current state of knowledge on them. The book has been completely revised and updated, with 15 years of new data, a section on difficult species-pairs (split-images providing direct contrast), and rearranged in modern field-guide format, making it easy to use and enabling rapid identification of 'difficult' raptors. Birds of Prey of Australia will appeal to a wide range of readers, including ornithologists, raptor biologists, birdwatchers, wildlife rescuers/carers, raptor rehabilitators, zookeepers, naturalists, bushwalkers, ecological consultants, fauna authorities, park rangers, state forestry personnel and students.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-177) and index.