My copy of “Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide” by Ian Fraser and Jennie Gray, arrived in the post today.
The cover of the book says of the title ” This book is aimed at anyone with an interest in birds, words, or the history of Australian biology and bird watching. It discusses common and scientific names of every Australian bird, to tease out the meanings, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading”. The pronunciation of all scientific names is also given, including Gerygone.
After a quick burrow through the book, I would say that it will be very useful for stopping arguments, starting arguments and providing one with enough data on the naming of Australian birds to be able to bore ones friends witless for ages.
An essential book for the bird nerd.
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They have used Christidis & Boles 2008.
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I’ve been eagerly checking the post every day waiting for my copy to arrive (but it hasn’t yet
). I’ve been curious about which taxonomy it uses?
Jeremy
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