True, and neither is as charismatic as any of the grasswrens.
Perhaps the book is targeted at a worldwide audience that isn't
familiar with too many species, so it plucks out some interesting
species from each geographical realm.
Regards, Laurie.
On 19/09/2008, at 8:26 AM, Stephen Ambrose wrote:
Interesting that the book lists the Superb Fairy-wren and not the
Splendid
Fairy-wren, which I think is a more spectacular-looking species.
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Jim Smart
Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2008 11:03 PM
To:
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Re Top 100 Avian species
Hello Syd Curtis and Birding-Aus people,
On September 10 Syd Curtis asked which Australian species made it on
to
the list of 100 Birds to see before you die. This is the title of a
recently published book (ISBN 978-1-84442-019-3) by two British
birders,
Davis Chandler and Dominic Couzens. Yesterday I checked out this
book in
my local Waterstones in Southampton. It is an interesting book, not
one
that I would buy for myself but one that I would be glad to be given
as
a present. The list is, of course, very subjective and personal. The
birds on the list range from the very easy to see, e.g. Superb
Fairy-wren, to the very difficult e.g. Ivory-billed Woodpecker. It has
good,although not spectacular, photographs of each species plus a page
of commentary plus a distribution map.
The Australian species on the list are:
Arctic Tern
Superb Fairy-wren
Crimson Chat
Southern Cassowary
Supurb Lyrebird
Wandering Albatross
Regent Honeyeater
Gouldian Finch
This list may not be complete - after reading and writing notes for
some
minutes the store staff were giving me suspicious looks.
The same book title, with the same authors, has a different ISBN,
different publisher and a cheaper price in Australia.
See:http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/5994.htm
Cheers,
Jim Smart
Presently: Bitterne Village, Southampton UK
Normally: East Maitland NSW
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