Item #10837 Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 1: Ratites to Ducks, A & B [HANZAB]. S. Marchant, P. J. Higgins, S. J. J. F. Davies.

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Volume 1: Ratites to Ducks, A & B [HANZAB]

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Status: Out of print
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover.
Condition: Fine / Fine.
Pages: 1400

Volume 1: Ratites to Ducks, Parts A & B. Two fine hardcover volumes in dust jackets. Contents covers Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica, the Antarctic and sub-antarctic islands, Cocos-Keeling, Christmas, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Kermadec, Chatham Islands and islands and reefs of the Coral Sea. These volumes cover 196 species, with B/W illustrations of behavioural postures and plumage features, maps of distribution showing breeding and non-breeding ranges, sonagrams of calls and songs and diagrams of cycles of breeding and moulting, and includes 96 color plates by J.N. Davies. Many professional and amateur ornithologists around the world have contributed to HANZAB. Acclaimed internationally as the key reference book to the birds of the region, it remains an indispensable guide for anyone with a serious interest in the world's birds.

Item #10837
ISBN: 0195530683

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