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Moon, Lynnette.

Know your New Zealand-- birds / Birds Lynnette Moon ; photographs by Geoff Moon. - Auckland, N.Z. : New Holland, 2006. - 176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm. - Know your New Zealand . - Know your New Zealand. .

Includes bibliographical references (page 174) and index.

Introduction -- Birds around us -- Unique birds -- Habitats -- Breeding -- Predators -- Sanctuaries -- How to use this guide.

"This beginner's guide from Lynnette Moon forms an authoritative and easy-to-grasp introduction to over 80 of New Zealand's best-known bird species. Though free of birding jargon and extraneous information, the text is lucid and packed with all the key facts on appearance, call, behaviour and nesting details that will enable the layperson to identify the species they see around them, from the backyard to the bush, beach and mountain. Each entry is accompanied by a succinct data panel and a full-page, full-colour portrait photograph"--Wheelers.co.nz.

ISBN: 9781869660895 1869660897

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA692800 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013590584 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Birds--New Zealand.
Birds--New Zealand--Identification.
Birds--Identification.--New Zealand

LC Class. No.: QL693.5 / .M66 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 598.072