Download or read book Wildlife of Australia written by Iain Campbell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The go-to introductory guide to Australia's diverse wildlife and habitats Ideal for the nature-loving traveler, Wildlife of Australia is a handy photographic pocket guide to the most widely seen birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and habitats of Australia. The guide features more than 400 stunning color photographs, and coverage includes 350 birds, 70 mammals, 30 reptiles, and 16 frogs likely to be encountered in Australia's major tourist destinations. Accessible species accounts are useful for both general travelers and serious naturalists, and the invaluable habitat section describes the Australian bush and its specific wildlife. Animal species with similar features are placed on the same plates in order to aid identification. Wildlife of Australia is an indispensable and thorough resource for any nature enthusiast interested in this remarkable continent. Easy-to-use pocket guide More than 400 high-quality photographs Accessible text aids identification Habitat guide describes the Australian bush and its specific wildlife Coverage includes the 350 birds, 70 mammals, 30 reptiles, and 16 frogs most likely to be seen on a trip around Australia
Download or read book The Guide to Tasmanian Wildlife written by Angus McNab and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guide to Tasmanian Wildlife is the only comprehensive guide to identifying the 11 amphibians, 22 reptiles, 44 mammals, 15 marine mammals, 173 birds, and 61 seabirds that inhabit Tasmania and its territorial waters, including Macquarie Island, and the 32 endemic Tasmanian species that occur nowhere else. Detailed and user-friendly accounts of each species include physical descriptions, distribution maps, details on where and when to see each species, preferred habitat types, similar species and how to tell them apart, plus notes on subspecies, conservation status and ecology.Over 1100 images help identify each species, subspecies, including images of male, female and young where necessary. Details on extinct species and the 177 vagrants and visitors that have been recorded within Tasmania and its territorial waters are included, with photographs depicting a range of these species.Angus McNab, MSc (Zoology) has always been fascinated by reptiles and amphibians, and enthusiastic university friends broadened his interests to mammals and birds. With over fifteen years' experience as a wildlife ecologist, Angus has extensive knowledge of Australian wildlife. His passion for nature and wildlife photography took him to live in Tasmania where he gained an understanding of the wildlife described throughout this guide.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia written by David Andrew and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia has a rich and unique array of animals, including the largest diversity of marsupials on earth. The recent growth in ecotourism has increased the popularity of mammal-spotting, particularly whale and dolphin-watching, but also spotting of perennial tourist favourites such as koalas and kangaroos. Birdwatchers have for many years known of sites where special or difficult-to-see species may be reliably located. However, despite their comparative abundance and spectacular diversity, many of Australia's unique mammals remain under-appreciated because there has been little available information on where to see them – until now. For the first time ever, The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia advises interested amateurs and professionals where to locate many of Australia's mammals. The book describes Australia's best mammal-watching sites state-by-state. It also includes a complete, annotated taxonomic list with hints on finding each species (or why it won't be easy to see); sections on travel and logistics in Australia; and appendices with hints on finding and photographing mammals. This book will be of interest to anyone wanting to observe or photograph Australian mammals in the wild, mammal enthusiasts, biological field workers and volunteers, tourists and ecotourists.
Download or read book Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds written by Dave Watts and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide combines essential information to aid in the identification of Tasmania's 200 species of birds.
Download or read book Where to See Wildlife in Tasmania written by Dave Watts and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy to use, fully illustrated guide to finding Tasmania's abundant and unique native wildlife. Tasmania is an increasingly popular destination for both local and international holiday-makers. Its main attraction is its large tracts of wilderness, its natural beauty and plenty of highly visible wildlife. Many of Tasmania's animals are found nowhere else on Earth, not even on Australia's mainland. This book features 29 wildlife hotspots where people have a good chance of seeing animals in their natural habitat. The key species for each spot are listed and the area and its facilities described, together with a map and notes about accessibility. Another indispensable part of this fully illustrated book is a gallery of colour photographs and descriptions of the animals likely to be encountered in Tasmania.
Download or read book Tasmanian Mammals written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Tasmania, because of its island status and rugged topography, many native mammals once found throughout southern Australia survive in healthy populations. This book brings together for the first time, an outstanding series of colour photographs of all the native Tasmanian land mammals and a clear concise text to provide the reader with all the essential information on identification, habits, habitat, distribution and status of each of the mammals. It is a field guide to be kept in the car, rucksack or pocket for ready reference during your search for Tasmania's unique mammals."--Back cover.
Download or read book Checklist of the Vertebrate Animals of Tasmania written by Steven J. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handy reference to the correct spelling of the scientific and common names of the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and freshwater fish that inhabit Tasmania and its islands. Where available, information on the conservation status, endemicity and migratory habits are included. The author is a zoologist with the Tasmanian Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage.
Download or read book Tasmania s Threatened Fauna Handbook written by Sally L. Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Where Song Began written by Tim Low and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia’s distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds of Australia flew beyond the continent’s boundaries and around the globe many millions of years ago. This eye-opening book tells the dynamic but little-known story of how Australia provided the world with songbirds and parrots, among other bird groups, why Australian birds wield surprising ecological power, how Australia became a major evolutionary center, and why scientific biases have hindered recognition of these discoveries. From violent, swooping magpies to tool-making cockatoos, Australia’s birds are strikingly different from birds of other lands—often more intelligent and aggressive, often larger and longer-lived. Tim Low, a renowned biologist with a rare storytelling gift, here presents the amazing evolutionary history of Australia’s birds. The story of the birds, it turns out, is inseparable from the story of the continent itself and also the people who inhabit it.
Download or read book Mammals birds written by Richard Lydekker and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australia written by Les Beletsky and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will want this easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated book as a constant companion on any journey to Australia. It includes a section on the country's famous coral reefs and information on kangaroos, wombats, and other unique denizens of the Land Down Under. Full color.
Download or read book Wildlife of Australia written by Louise Egerton and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is nothing to beat the extraordinary wildlife of Australia. Its colourful parrots, its venomous snakes, its abundance of hopping marsupials and the strange, egg-laying Platypus - these are just a few of the players in a story that began hundreds of millions of year ago. Many members of Australia's wildlife live nowhere else on Earth. They are unique, the result of evolution on a continent that has been geographically isolated from the rest of the world for 38 million years. Wildlife of Australia is an account of how these animals have developed in response to changing climates and habitats. It describes their day-to-day habits, where they live, how they find partners and care for their young, and how they protect themselves and find food and shelter. Superbly illustrated with over 550 colour photographs by renowned wildlife photographer Jiri Lochman, the book also contains a list of scientific names, good zoos and wildlife parks, useful websites and books, and a comprehensive glossary. Wildlife of Australia reveals the fascinating worlds of the animals that live all around us on this ancient land but remain largely unnoticed.
Download or read book Finding Australian Birds written by Rohan Clarke and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding Australian Birds is a guide to the special birds found across Australia's vastly varied landscapes. From the eastern rainforests to central deserts, Australia is home to some 900 species of birds. This book covers over 400 Australian bird watching sites conveniently grouped into the best birding areas, from one end of the country to the other. This includes areas such as Kakadu in the Top End and rocky gorges in the central deserts of the Northern Territory, the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, rainforests distributed along the eastern Australian seaboard, some of the world's tallest forests in Tasmania, the Flinders Ranges and deserts along the iconic Strzelecki and Birdsville Tracks in South Australia, and the mallee temperate woodlands and spectacular coastlines in both Victoria and south west Western Australia. Each chapter begins with a brief description of the location, followed by a section on where to find the birds, which describes specific birdwatching sites within the location's boundaries, and information on accommodation and facilities. The book also provides a comprehensive 'Bird Finding Guide', listing all of Australia's birds with details on their abundance and where exactly to see them. Of value to both Australian birdwatchers and international visitors, this book will assist novices, birders of intermediate skill and keen 'twitchers' to find any Australian species.
Download or read book Australia s Mammal Extinctions written by Chris Johnson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Download or read book The Royal Natural History Mammals birds written by Richard Lydekker and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Awesome Animals of Australia written by Nicole Orr and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 7 continents of the world have their own history, climate, and natural biomes. Delve into a fun, fact-filled non-fiction book that explores the animals of the continent of Australia. Learn what countries make up the continent of Australia and fascinating information about 25 of the most interesting mammals, birds, insects, lizards, and ocean creatures. See full-color photos of the animals, most in their natural habitat. Also included is a list for further reading, websites to explore, a glossary and an index.
Download or read book Field Companion to the Mammals of Australia written by Steve Van Dyck and published by Reed New Holland. This book was released on 2013 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable companion to The Mammals of Australia (third edition) is intended to be taken into the field. Genuinely practical outdoors, this guide includes current taxonomy, colour photos, dimensions, weights, up-to-date distribution maps and habitat preferences of all 388 mammal species that occur or occurred in Australia and its territorial waters. In addition, the second half of the book contains newly developed comprehensive, species-level identification keys, generously illustrated with detailed figures and maps, for each Australian State. These individual keys simplify the identification process and allow the lay reader to distinguish all mammal species, no matter how subtle the differences.
