Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels of North America : a photographic guide /

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Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels are among the most beautiful yet least known of all the world's birds, living their lives at sea far from the sight of most people. Largely colored in shades of gray, black, and white, these enigmatic and fast-flying seabirds can be hard to differentiate,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howell, Steve N. G.
Otros Autores: Patteson, J. Brian, Sutherland, Kate (Bird watcher), Shearwater, Debra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Petrels > North America > Identification.
Albatrosses > North America > Identification.
Storm petrels > North America > Identification.
Procellariiformes > North America > Identification.
Procellariidae > Identification.
Procellariidae > Pictorial works.
Pétrels > Amérique du Nord > Identification.
Albatros > Amérique du Nord > Identification.
Océanites > Amérique du Nord > Identification.
Procellariiformes > Amérique du Nord > Identification.
Procellariidés > Identification.
Procellariidés > Ouvrages illustrés.
NATURE > Regional.
Albatrosses
Petrels
Procellariidae
Procellariiformes
Storm petrels
North America
Field guides
Pictorial works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Species Covered; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Format of the Species Accounts; Introduction; What Are Tubenoses?; Ocean Habitats; Current Systems; Thermoclines, Upwelling, and Fronts; Habitat Associations; Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Vagrancy; Taxonomy and an Identification Framework; Family Procellariidae: Petrels; Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses; Family Hydrobatidae: Northern Storm-Petrels; Family Oceanitidae: Southern Storm-Petrels; Field Identification of Tubenoses; Age, Sex, Individual, and Geographic Variation; Flight Manner.
  • Environmental FactorsAppearance and Topography; Molts, Plumages, and Aging; How to See Tubenoses; Conservation; Threats to Seabirds; Seabirds as Indicators; Species Accounts; Abbreviations and Terminology; Appendices; Appendix A. Recently Extinct Species; Appendix B. Hypothetical Records; Literature Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; M; O; P; S; T.

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