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Night parrot / Penny Olsen. [Variant title:Night parrot : Australia's most elusive bird]
Title: Night parrot / Penny Olsen. [Variant title:Night parrot : Australia's most elusive bird]
Book
Type: Book
D598.710994/OLS/MAIN
Call no: D598.710994/OLS/MAIN
Clayton South, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing,
Publisher: Clayton South, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing,
[2018]
Year: [2018]
Night parrot. ; Pezoporus - Australia. ; Endangered species - Australia. ; Endemic birds. fast ; Nocturnal birds. fast ; Ornithology. fast ; Parrots. fast ; Rare birds. fast ; Scientific expeditions. fast ; Nocturnal birds - Australia. ; Endemic birds - Australia. ; Rare birds - Australia. ; Ornithology - Australia - History. ; Scientific expeditions - Australia - History. ; Wildlife: general. thema ; Parrots - Australia. ; Australia. fast ; History. fast
Subject:
Night parrot. ; Pezoporus - Australia. ; Endangered species - Australia. ; Endemic birds. fast ; Nocturnal birds. fast ; Ornithology. fast ; Parrots. fast ; Rare birds. fast ; Scientific expeditions. fast ; Nocturnal birds - Australia. ; Endemic birds - Australia. ; Rare birds - Australia. ; Ornithology - Australia - History. ; Scientific expeditions - Australia - History. ; Wildlife: general. thema ; Parrots - Australia. ; Australia. fast ; History. fast
viii, 360 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Physical description: viii, 360 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the Night Parrot and its followers. For well over a century, the Night Parrot lured its seekers into Australia's vast, arid outback. From the beginning it was a mysterious bird. Fewer than 30 specimens were collected before it all but disappeared, offering only fleeting glimpses and the occasional mummified body as proof of its continued existence. Protected by spinifex and darkness, the parrot attained almost mythical status: a challenge to birdwatchers and an inspiration to poets, novelists and artists. Night Parrot documents the competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the bird and its followers, culminating in the recent discovery of live birds at a few widely scattered locations. It describes what we are now unravelling about the mysteries of its biology and ecology and what is still left to learn. Complemented by guest essays, illustrations and photographs from a wide variety of sources, this book sheds light on Australia's most elusive bird.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the Night Parrot and its followers. For well over a century, the Night Parrot lured its seekers into Australia's vast, arid outback. From the beginning it was a mysterious bird. Fewer than 30 specimens were collected before it all but disappeared, offering only fleeting glimpses and the occasional mummified body as proof of its continued existence. Protected by spinifex and darkness, the parrot attained almost mythical status: a challenge to birdwatchers and an inspiration to poets, novelists and artists. Night Parrot documents the competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the bird and its followers, culminating in the recent discovery of live birds at a few widely scattered locations. It describes what we are now unravelling about the mysteries of its biology and ecology and what is still left to learn. Complemented by guest essays, illustrations and photographs from a wide variety of sources, this book sheds light on Australia's most elusive bird.
Notes: Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the Night Parrot and its followers. For well over a century, the Night Parrot lured its seekers into Australia's vast, arid outback. From the beginning it was a mysterious bird. Fewer than 30 specimens were collected before it all but disappeared, offering only fleeting glimpses and the occasional mummified body as proof of its continued existence. Protected by spinifex and darkness, the parrot attained almost mythical status: a challenge to birdwatchers and an inspiration to poets, novelists and artists. Night Parrot documents the competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the bird and its followers, culminating in the recent discovery of live birds at a few widely scattered locations. It describes what we are now unravelling about the mysteries of its biology and ecology and what is still left to learn. Complemented by guest essays, illustrations and photographs from a wide variety of sources, this book sheds light on Australia's most elusive bird.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the Night Parrot and its followers. For well over a century, the Night Parrot lured its seekers into Australia's vast, arid outback. From the beginning it was a mysterious bird. Fewer than 30 specimens were collected before it all but disappeared, offering only fleeting glimpses and the occasional mummified body as proof of its continued existence. Protected by spinifex and darkness, the parrot attained almost mythical status: a challenge to birdwatchers and an inspiration to poets, novelists and artists. Night Parrot documents the competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the bird and its followers, culminating in the recent discovery of live birds at a few widely scattered locations. It describes what we are now unravelling about the mysteries of its biology and ecology and what is still left to learn. Complemented by guest essays, illustrations and photographs from a wide variety of sources, this book sheds light on Australia's most elusive bird.
9781486302987;
ISBN/ISSN: 9781486302987;
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Introduction : the call of the night parrot -- A tangled nest of night parrot names -- Getting to know the family : the molecular story / Leo Joseph -- South Australia. The very first 'beautiful ground parakeet' : Charles Sturt, John McDouall Stuart
and J. Harris Browne ; Myrrlumbing : Frederick Andrews ; Hunters of the long-lost night parrot : Samuel Albert White and Ethel Rosina White ; Sclerolaena not spinifex : Shane Parker -- Western Australia. Spinifex parrot : Robert Austin, Albert Calvert and George Keartland ; Mournful whistle : Martin Bourgoin ; A concerted effort : the CALM campaign ; The vanishing habitat of the night parrot in the Gascoyne and Murchison regions of Western Australia : lessons from historical records, land use and landscape processes / Peter Curry -- Victoria. Mallee bird : Charles McLennan -- New South Wales. Have you ever seen a night parrot? : W. Kelly -- Northern Territory. Fly-by-night : George Keartland, Lawson Whitlock and Co. ; A frame-up : Sidney William Jackson -- Queensland. Bodies beside the road and a bird in the hand : Boles, Culpitt, Young and Co. ; 'They say if enough are found' : Steve Murphy and John Young ; Not the final chapter.
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Introduction : the call of the night parrot -- A tangled nest of night parrot names -- Getting to know the family : the molecular story / Leo Joseph -- South Australia. The very first 'beautiful ground parakeet' : Charles Sturt, John McDouall Stuart
and J. Harris Browne ; Myrrlumbing : Frederick Andrews ; Hunters of the long-lost night parrot : Samuel Albert White and Ethel Rosina White ; Sclerolaena not spinifex : Shane Parker -- Western Australia. Spinifex parrot : Robert Austin, Albert Calvert and George Keartland ; Mournful whistle : Martin Bourgoin ; A concerted effort : the CALM campaign ; The vanishing habitat of the night parrot in the Gascoyne and Murchison regions of Western Australia : lessons from historical records, land use and landscape processes / Peter Curry -- Victoria. Mallee bird : Charles McLennan -- New South Wales. Have you ever seen a night parrot? : W. Kelly -- Northern Territory. Fly-by-night : George Keartland, Lawson Whitlock and Co. ; A frame-up : Sidney William Jackson -- Queensland. Bodies beside the road and a bird in the hand : Boles, Culpitt, Young and Co. ; 'They say if enough are found' : Steve Murphy and John Young ; Not the final chapter.
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