Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds
by Brian Parkinson
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Around New Zealand, with its extensive coastline and many inshore and offshore islands, it is possible for the keen observer to see more seabirds than in most other countries. This guide covers 15 seabird groups and describes each species according to various key aspects.Tags
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Basics: 2000, 1st edition, hardcover, 136 pages, 115 color photos of 107 species, range maps
This is a small, handy photo guide to all the expected seabirds of New Zealand and its surrounding islands. For this book, seabirds encompass the penguins, albatrosses, shearwaters, and storm-petrels along with boobies, cormorants, gulls, and terns.
Each bird is shown with one quality color photograph. About a dozen of the birds have an additional small, inset photograph, most of which merely zoom in or out on the photograph already provided. The author has done a good job at selecting quality photographs to showcase the birds. These should be helpful for identifying many, but not all, of the pelagic birds. The single-photo format obviously omits show more the many, many other plumages that are possible, which may preclude confident identification on a field trip.
The text for each bird consists of one paragraph, which is dedicated primarily to identification and comparison to similar species. A few brief notes are provided on status and behavior. This text is good, but it won’t provide much help for the other plumages not depicted in the book.
A range map of the area around New Zealand gives a general image of the bird’s range in the region.
This is a good, basic guide to the pelagic birds that will help many of the beginners. The more experienced ocean-birder will want one of the more in-depth guides for its many plumages and more thorough text.
I’ve listed several related books below…
1) Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World by Onley/Scofield
2) The Complete Guide to the Antarctic Wildlife by Shirihai
3) Seabirds: An Identification Guide by Harrison
4) The Seabirds of Australia by Lindsey
5) Identification of Seabirds of the Southern Ocean by Onley/Bartle
6) A Field Guide to the Seabirds of Australia and the World by Tuck/Heinzel
7) Southern Albatrosses and Petrels by Harper/Kinsky
8) The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand by Heather/Robertson
9) The New Guide to the Birds of New Zealand by Falla/Sibson/Talbot
10) The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Birds by Moon show less
This is a small, handy photo guide to all the expected seabirds of New Zealand and its surrounding islands. For this book, seabirds encompass the penguins, albatrosses, shearwaters, and storm-petrels along with boobies, cormorants, gulls, and terns.
Each bird is shown with one quality color photograph. About a dozen of the birds have an additional small, inset photograph, most of which merely zoom in or out on the photograph already provided. The author has done a good job at selecting quality photographs to showcase the birds. These should be helpful for identifying many, but not all, of the pelagic birds. The single-photo format obviously omits show more the many, many other plumages that are possible, which may preclude confident identification on a field trip.
The text for each bird consists of one paragraph, which is dedicated primarily to identification and comparison to similar species. A few brief notes are provided on status and behavior. This text is good, but it won’t provide much help for the other plumages not depicted in the book.
A range map of the area around New Zealand gives a general image of the bird’s range in the region.
This is a good, basic guide to the pelagic birds that will help many of the beginners. The more experienced ocean-birder will want one of the more in-depth guides for its many plumages and more thorough text.
I’ve listed several related books below…
1) Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World by Onley/Scofield
2) The Complete Guide to the Antarctic Wildlife by Shirihai
3) Seabirds: An Identification Guide by Harrison
4) The Seabirds of Australia by Lindsey
5) Identification of Seabirds of the Southern Ocean by Onley/Bartle
6) A Field Guide to the Seabirds of Australia and the World by Tuck/Heinzel
7) Southern Albatrosses and Petrels by Harper/Kinsky
8) The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand by Heather/Robertson
9) The New Guide to the Birds of New Zealand by Falla/Sibson/Talbot
10) The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Birds by Moon show less
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