Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World, 9780143572817
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Australia’s birds rewrote the world’s avian history, song, and intelligence.
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Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World

australia's birds and how they changed the world

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    13 August 2017

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Summary

Unveiling the Secrets of Australian Birds: A Journey Through Evolution and Discovery

The award-winning bestseller that put Australian birds on the world map - nature and science writing at their best.

Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent’s tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive and loud, to live in …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143572817
ISBN-10:0143572814
Author:Tim Low
Publisher:Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:Penguin Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:13 August 2017
Weight:358g
Dimensions:197mm x 133mm x 28mm
About The Author

Tim Low

Tim Low is highly regarded as a biologist and writer. He is the prize-winning author of Feral Future and The New Nature, both published by Penguin, and Wild Food Plants of Australia. He is currently co-editor of Wildlife Australia magazine, to which he has been a long-term contributor. Tim also works as an environmental consultant, and his reports, books, articles and talks have contributed to ecological thought and environmental policy in Australia and more widely. His most recent book, Where Song Began, has even inspired a musical performance of that same name.

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