Vögel auf den Heard und McDonald-Inseln

The subantarctic islands Heard and McDonald are of volcanic origin and lie 43km apart in the southern Indian Ocean. The highest point is Mawson Peak on Heard at 2745 m above sea level. The climate is cool temperate, strong westerly winds prevail and snowfall can occur all year round. About 70% of the area is covered by ice. The islands are one of the few places on earth where no alien species occur, which is why UNESCO has designated the islands as World Heritage Site. The islands are currently uninhabited, although a limited number of visitors are permitted to enter. The bird life consists of seabirds. The breeding population of Macaroni Penguins is estimated at one million.

The Heard and McDonald Islands are located in the Indian Ocean. Legally the Heard and McDonald Islands belong to Australia.
This E-book bird guide for "Heard and McDonald Islands" has been built at 29.03.2024, based upon our data base and our image archive using our default settings, and saved in two formates. Thereby it is made sure that the e-book can be displayed on virtually all devices and if applicable be printed out with a compact page size.
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Cover image Heard Island Shag, Drawing: W.J.Daunicht

Primary language German, secondary languages English, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.
All 43 species are illustrated. The assessment of the global conservation status of bird species uses the criteria of the Red List (IUCN) 2012.
The scientific system follows Clements et al. 2017.
An index, name registers in all selected languages and a scientific name register, all completely linked.
PDF E-book in page-based format A5: 28 pages, 2.429 MiB.
ePub E-book in flowable format for all devices with ePub reader: 1.64 MiB.

A paperback version of this bird guide is available from Amazon (ISBN: 9798877196094).
Also you can obtain a Kindle edition from Amazon (ASIN: B0CT4C56L8).
© Wolfgang J. Daunicht 2024