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Quail, buttonquail and plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand / Joseph M. Forshaw ; illustrated by Frank Knight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forshaw, Joseph Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galliformes--Australia.
- Galliformes.
- Galliformes--New Zealand.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Melbourne, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2023]
- Summary:
- A fully-illustrated review of knowledge on these small, secretive ground-dwelling birds.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Order Galliformes
- Family Odontophoridae
- Subfamily Odontophorinae
- Genus Callipepla Wagler
- California Quail C. californica (Shaw)
- Genus Colinus Goldfuss
- Northern Bobwhite C. virginianus (Linnaeus)
- Family Phasianidae
- Subfamily Phasianinae
- Tribe Coturnicini
- Genus Coturnix Bonnaterre
- Stubble Quail C. pectoralis Gould
- New Zealand Quail C. novaezelandiae Quoy &
- Gaimard (EXTINCT)
- Genus Synoicus Gould
- Subgenus Synoicus Gould
- Brown Quail S. ypsilophorus (Bosc)
- Subgenus Excalfactoria Bonaparte
- King Quail S. chinensis (Linnaeus)
- Order Charadriiformes
- Family Turnicidae
- Genus Turnix Bonnaterre
- Subgenus Turnix Bonnaterre
- Red-backed Buttonquail T. maculosus (Temminck)
- Subgenus Austroturnix Mathews
- Black-breasted Buttonquail T. melanogaster (Gould)
- Painted Buttonquail T. varius (Latham)
- Chestnut-backed Buttonquail T. castanotus (Gould)
- Buff-breasted Buttonquail T. olivii Robinson
- Red-chested Buttonquail T. pyrrhothorax (Gould)
- Little Buttonquail T. velox (Gould)
- Family Pedionomidae
- Genus Pedionomus Gould
- Plains-wanderer P. torquatus Gould
- Map
- Gazetteer
- References Cited
- Index of Common Names
- Index of Scientific Names.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Forshaw, Joseph M. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-Wanderer in Australia and New Zealand
- ISBN:
- 9781486312610
- 1486312616
- 9781486312603
- 1486312608
- OCLC:
- 1378285133
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