Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds /

Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Christidis, Les.
Imprint:	Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., c2008.
Description:	viii, 277 p. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Birds -- Australia. Birds -- Australia -- Classification. Birds -- Australia -- Identification. Birds. Australia. Classification. Terminology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7299622

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Other authors / contributors:	Boles, Walter. CSIRO Publishing.
ISBN:	9780643065116
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-256) and index.
Summary:	"This book presents an up-to-date classification of Australian birds. Building on the authors 1994 book, The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories, it incorporates the extensive volume of relevant systematic work since then. The findings of these studies are summarised and evaluated in the explanations for the taxonomic treatments adopted, and with the extensive citations, it serves as a comprehensive introduction to the recent systematic literature of Australian birds."--Publisher.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Introduction: Taxonomic Decisions
Species Concepts
Taxonomic Methods
English Names
Species Lists
Main Species List
Supplementary List
Higher-Level Avian Systematics
Palaeognathae (Struthioniformes--Casuariiformes)
Neognathae: Galloanseres (Galliformes--Anseriformes)
Neoaves
Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds
Palaeognatae
Neognathae: Neoaves: Metaves
Neoaves: Coronaves
References
Index