Australian Magpie - Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird (Paperback, Second Edition)

The Australian magpie is one of our nation's most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form enduring friendships with people. Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, a leading authority on animal behaviour and Australian birds, this second edition of Australian Magpie is a thoroughly updated and substantially expanded account of the behaviour of these birds. With new chapters on classification, cognition and caring for young, it reveals the extraordinary capabilities of the magpie, including its complex social behaviour. The author, who has devoted more than 20 years to studying and interacting with magpies, brings together the latest research on the magpie's biology and behaviour, along with information on the origin of magpies, their development and health not published previously. This fascinating book has a wide appeal to bird lovers, amateur ornithologists and naturalists, as well as those with a scientific or professional interest in avian behaviour and ecology and those interested in the importance of native birds to the environment. Features A fully updated account of this Australian icon, written by one of Australia's leading animal behaviour researchers Interweaves rigorous academic research with hundreds of hours of the author's personal observations Unravels the complex family and social behaviour of magpies in a engaging text

General

Imprint:	Csiro Publishing
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Gisela Kaplan
Dimensions:	245 x 170 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
Edition:	Second Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4863-0724-1
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > Birds & birdwatching Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Birds (ornithology)
LSN:	1-4863-0724-8
Barcode:	9781486307241

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