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The Brilliance Of Birds : A New Zealand Birdventure
Paperback Edition: 1
New classy paperback edition of the earlier successful hardcover book, showing New Zealand birds as you've never seen them before.
Who knew that the morepork, our forest-dwelling owl, can turn its head 270 degrees? Or that the eastern bar-tailed godwit doubles its body weight before undertaking an epic and continuous migration of 11,000 kilometres? Or that the tui has a specially placed voicebox, enabling it to duet with itself, sometimes producing sounds too high-frequency for humans to hear?
Zany, off-kilter, wondrous and wild, The Brilliance of Birds gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of some of New Zealands feathered friends.
Pages : 384
Publisher : Penguin Books
Publication date : 2023-08-29
Subjects: Non-fiction, Wildlife: Birds & Birdwatching, Birds (ornithology)