Australian Wildlife in Picture Celebrating the unique nature of the island continent, from kangaroos to sea dragons

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781925546620
• ISBN10: 1925546624
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-05-05
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers

Summary

With stunning and unique creatures in abundance – including kangaroos, koalas, cockatoos, and crocodiles – Australia is a paradise for nature lovers. Australian Wildlife in Pictures captures this amazing richness and diversity in 250 remarkable colour images of the country’s wild wonders, including inhabitants of deserts, wetlands, rainforests and coral reefs. There’s no better introduction to the nature of Australia.

Author Biography

New Holland Publishers , (Author), New South Wales (Australia) - New Holland is a publisher of quality and diverse product in all categories of non-fiction from travel, biography, sport, and true crime to self-help, gardening, food, and natural history. We pride ourselves on the highest editorial and design standards and we're sure that you will find this commitment to quality reflected in our new releases and forthcoming highlights. Illustrated books are a strong part of New Holland's publishing program, with a focus on producing beautiful color books that are both inspiring and practicaL

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mammals – Mammalia 8 Monotremes – Monotremata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Carnivorous Marsupials – Dasyuromorphia . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Bandicoots and Allies – Peramelemorphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Wombats, Possums, Kangaroos and Allies – Diprotodontia . . . . 17 Bats – Chiroptera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Mice and Rats – Rodentia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Sea-cows – Sirenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Carnivores – Carnivora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Whales and Dolphins – Cetacea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Birds – Aves 45 Ratites – Casuariidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Megapodes – Megapodidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Magpie Goose – Anseranatidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Wildfowl – Anatidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Grebes – Podicipedidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Pigeons and Doves – Columbidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Bustards – Otididae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Cuckoos – Cuculidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Frogmouths – Podargidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Owlet-nightjars – Aegothelidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Rails and Crakes – Rallidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Cranes – Gruidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Stilts and Avocets – Recurvirostridae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Plovers – Charadriidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Sandpipers – Scolopacidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Gulls and Terns – Laridae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Penguins – Spheniscidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Albatrosses – Diomedeidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Shearwaters and Petrels – Procellariidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Cormorants – Phalacrocoracidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Darters – Anhingidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Pelicans – Pelecanidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Herons – Ardeidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Spoonbills and Ibises – Threskiornithidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Hawks, Eagles and Allies – Accipitridae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Owls – Strigidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Kingfishers – Alcedinidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Bee-eaters – Meropidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Falcons – Falconidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Cockatoos – Cacatuidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Old World Parrots – Psittaculidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Pittas – Pittidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Lyrebirds – Menuridae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Bowerbirds – Ptilonorhynchidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Fairy-wrens and Allies – Maluridae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Honeyeaters – Meliphagidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Pardalotes – Pardalotidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Thornbills and Allies – Acanthizidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Logrunners – Orthonychidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Sitellas – Neosittidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Whistlers and Allies – Pachycephalidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Orioles – Oriolidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Woodswallows, Butcherbirds and Allies – Artamidae . . . . . . . 104 Fan