10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOODHEN»
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woodhen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
woodhen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Woodhen: A Flightless Island Bird Defying Extinction
The text is accompanied by numerous photographs and drawings. This is a story of survival, yet the bird remains highly endangered as it is under constant potential threat, which could tip it over the brink and to extinction.
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Columba Sara Evelyn, 2011
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
Mr. Morgan Carkeek, who has recently returned from a two months' surveying
expedition through the mountainous country in the interior of the Marlborough
District, found, to his astonishment, that the South Island Woodhen had vanished
...
4
Australian Natural History
Only three healthy breeding pairs survived and the Woodhen seemed destined
for oblivion. Thanks, however, to an amazingly successful captive breeding and
wild release program (not to mention $300,000 worth of funding from the National
...
5
Pacific Conservation Biology: A Journal Devoted to ...
A population viability analysis using VORTEX BARRY W. BROOK1, LEONG LIM1
2, ROBERT HARDEN3 and RICHARD FRANKHAM1 The Lord Howe Island
Woodhen is a flightless rail endemic to Lord Howe Island that became
endangered ...
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Threatened and extinct birds of Australia
The owls are known to take Woodhens and are thought to be responsible for a
major decline in the Woodhen population of Little Slope in 198 9 (R. Harden).
The owls were introduced to the island in the 1920s in an attempt to control the
Black ...
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Oceania: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Native ...
Wajro ama-jk-in-aamere. great did-say-she. Cassowary did-apart-go-off-he.
Woodhen did-apart-go-ofi-she. ArjS. Finished. Translation.13 There were a
cassowary and a woodhen. The cassowary laid an egg and the woodhen laid an
egg.
Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, Raymond Firth, Adolphus Peter Elkin, 1948
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Birds of Lord Howe Island, Past and Present
The Woodhen has always captured the attention of visitors to Lord Howe Island.
The earliest reports by visiting sailors all mention its abundance — and how tame
and good to eat it was! The description by Thomas Gilbert of the H.M.S. ...
9
Threatened birds of Australia: an annotated list
LORD HOWE WOODHEN Tricholimnas sylvestris (Sclater 1 869) Order
GRUIFORMES RARE Family RALLIDAE Summary Confined to forest on Lord
Howe Island, this rail almost became extinct as a result of predation and habitat
degradation.
Joost Brouwer, Stephen Garnett, Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1990
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Practical Conservation Biology
The Lord Howe Island Woodhen is a flightless species of rail that almost became
extinct in the late 1970s (Hutton, 1986; 1990) and recovered only after the
eradication of feral Pigs (Miller and Mullette, 1985). The Lord Howe Island
Woodhen is ...
David Lindenmayer, Mark Burgman, 2005
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOODHEN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
woodhen is used in the context of the following news items.
Pictures, memories from long ago finally come to life
According to the dictionary, a cock is a male bird and a hen is a female bird, so by simple reasoning the female should be called “woodhen” because you cannot ... «The Coloradoan, Feb 15»
World Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island is a birdwatcher's delight
If you're lucky you'll see the endemic Lord Howe Island woodhen, whose numbers are small, but whether you're a seasoned birdwatcher or just want to ... «Australian Geographic, Dec 14»
8 Hidden Paradises Around the World (PHOTOS)
... of 15mph — also feature road signs for two specific types of bird – the flesh-footed shearwater, or muttonbird, and the very rare Lord Howe rail, or woodhen. «The Weather Channel, May 14»
Lording it up in paradise
Even the Lord Howe Island woodhen is now a common sight, brought back from the brink of extinction by local conservation efforts. These flightless birds are ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 14»
Stories of extinction
The woodhen – a bantam-sized bird whose charming naivety made it vulnerable to exploitation – was common in all habitats on the island. According to the First ... «The Monthly, Feb 14»
Family competes for Lord Howe Island record in new mountain race
... relatively untouched rainforest at Mount Gower's summit, where in 1980 conservationists found just seven breeding pairs of the almost extinct native woodhen. «ABC Online, Dec 13»
Het perfecte eiland bestaat
Aan ons tafeltje trippelt er een 'woodhen' voorbij. Hét symbool van het eiland is een vogel die niet kan vliegen. Dat kan geen toeval zijn want ook de bewoners ... «AD.nl, Apr 13»
Jann's convinced 'Baby' is worth fighting for
The island is a World Heritage site and the native bird, woodhen, has been listed as an endangered species. Baby will need to meet strict criteria before being ... «Gympie Times, Oct 12»
Lord Howe Island stick insects are going home
... the endemic Lord Howe Island woodhen and native Lord Howe Island currawong. Around the same time of the phasmid releases (probably of eggs) we would ... «Scientific American, Aug 12»
Bombs to fight the killer rats
The rats pose an ongoing threat to at least 13 bird species, including the endangered Lord Howe woodhen and Lord Howe pied currawong. "The NSW ... «Courier Mail, Jul 12»
