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Birds of New Guinea /
This is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea. The world's largest tropical island, New Guinea boasts a spectacular avifauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as an excep...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2015]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Princeton field guides.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea. The world's largest tropical island, New Guinea boasts a spectacular avifauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as an exceptionally diverse assemblage of songbirds such as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds. Birds of New Guinea is the only guide to cover all 780 bird species reported in the area, including 366 endemics. Expanding its coverage with 111 vibrant color plates-twice as many as the first edition. |
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| Notas: | Previous edition by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman. Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (528 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1400865115 9781400865116 |