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    Regional Field Guide to Birds: Central East Coast and Ranges Coast
    Regional Field Guide to Birds: Central East Coast and Ranges Coast
    Regional Field Guide to Birds: Central East Coast and Ranges Coast
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    Regional Field Guide to Birds: Central East Coast and Ranges Coast

    By G Pizzey, F Knight and S Pizzey

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    Practical, portable and easy to use, these regional field guides are the ideal companion for all experienced and beginner birdwatchers in Australia.
    the Pizzey & Knight regional birding guides are easy to use, handy and portable field guides for beginner and experienced birdwatchers alike. Designed to complement Australia's best-selling tHE FIELD GUIDE tO tHE BIRDS OF AUStRALIA, now in its 9th edition, each regional guide includes every bird found within the region, organized by the environments they are most likely to be seen in, and all beautifully illustrated by Frank Knight. Concise text highlights the key features of every species and an illustrated index helps to find your bird quickly. Accompanied by an introduction to the region's habitats, these guides are an essential companion for anyone out in the field and wanting to become more familiar with Australia's natural world. Books in the regional field guide series are: South East Coast & Ranges - Greater Sydney to Greater Melbourne from the Great Dividing Range to the coast, and tasmania, including adjacent seas and islands. Mallee to Limestone Coast - All of Western Victoria west to Greater Adelaide, and north to Broken Hill in NSW Central East Coast and Ranges - From Newcastle (NSW) in the south to Gladstone (Qld) in the north. Red Centre to the top End - All of the Northern territory and adjacent seas. (the book is also relevant to areas immediately adjacent to Nt in Western Australia such as the Kunnanurra region which is a key visitor destination, and national parks along the border in Qld)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    ISBN9781743095843
    Regional Field Guide to Birds: Central East Coast and Ranges Coast
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    G Pizzey

    Graham Pizzey, who died in 2001, was a member of the Order of Australia and an Honorary Associate in Ornithology at the Museum of Victoria. He was also a council member of the Australian Conservation Foundation and of Birds Australia (the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union).

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      Regional Field Guide to Birds - G Pizzey

      Quick Reference Guide

      SEABIRDS

      Storm-petrels

      Albatrosses

      Giant-petrels

      Petrels

      Shearwaters

      Prions

      Penguin

      Gannet, Tropicbirds

      Boobies, Frigatebirds

      Skuas, Jaegers

      Gull, Terns, Noddies

      WADERS

      Oystercatchers

      Stilt, Avocet

      Lapwings

      Plovers, Dotterels

      Godwits, Curlews and other large waders

      Sandpipers, Ruff, Tattlers

      Turnstone

      Knots, Stints, Sanderling

      Phalarope

      Snipes

      Jacana

      WATERBIRDS

      Pelican

      Geese, Swan

      Ducks

      Grebes

      Darter, Cormorants

      Ibises, Spoonbills

      Stork, Brolga

      Herons, Egrets

      Bitterns

      Swamphen, Moorhen, Coot

      Rails, Crakes

      BIRDS OF BUSH AND OPEN COUNTRY

      GROUND-DWELLERS

      Emu

      Stone-curlews

      Mound-builders

      Quails

      Button-quails

      Lyrebirds

      Logrunner

      Pitta

      Whipbird

      Quail-thrush

      Scrub-bird

      Bristlebird

      AERIAL BIRDS

      Swift, Needletail

      Swallows, Martins

      Woodswallows

      Falcons, Kestrel

      Kites

      Goshawks, Sparrowhawk

      Harriers

      Eagles, Osprey

      NOCTURNAL BIRDS

      Hawk Owls

      Barn Owls

      Frogmouths

      Owlet-nightjar

      Nightjars

      LARGER PERCHING BIRDS

      Cockatoos, Corellas, Galah

      Lorikeets, Rosellas, other Parrots

      Doves, Pigeons

      Bowerbirds, Catbird

      Drongo, Riflebird

      Oriole, Figbird

      Cuckoo-shrikes, Trillers Cicadabird

      Cuckoos

      Kingfishers, Kookaburras

      Bee-eater, Dollarbird

      Miners, Wattlebirds, Friarbirds

      Butcherbirds, Magpies, Magpie-lark

      Chough, Apostlebird, Babbler

      Currawong, Ravens, Crow

      Songlarks, Thrushes

      Starling, Myna, Bulbul

      SMALLER PERCHING BIRDS

      Honeyeaters

      Treecreepers

      Sitella

      Pardalotes

      Mistletoebird, Sunbird

      Silvereye, Thornbills, Weebill

      Gerygones

      Scrubwrens, Heathwren, Warbler

      Fairy-wrens, Emu-wren

      Whistlers, Shrike-thrushes, Shrike-tit

      Fantails, Flycatchers, Monarchs

      Robins, Jacky Winter

      Reed-warblers, Grassbirds, Cisticola

      Finches, Sparrow

      Pipit, Wagtails

      What this guide covers

      Contained within this guide are condensed versions of the descriptions and illustrations from The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia by Graham Pizzey and Frank Knight. It has been prepared as a portable companion guide for ease of use in the field, with the main guide providing more detailed information on each of the relevant species.

      Species included here are those terrestrial and marine species considered to be residents or regular visitors to the region, or whose possible distribution includes the region, even though they may be recorded here only irregularly. This guide does not include species considered to be vagrant. (Information on these species is provided in The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia.)

      To help with quick identification in the field species have been grouped by the key environs in which they are most likely to be found, rather than in taxonomic order.

      Species descriptions

      The species descriptions are necessarily brief, but aim to convey the essential information to help identification in the field.

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