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Texas Waterfowl /

In this beautifully illustrated guide, two practicing wildlife biologists describe the life histories of forty-five species of ducks, geese, and swans that occur in Texas. For common species and those that breed in the state, each account begins with an interesting fact (such as,?Red-breasted Mergan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johnson, William P., 1969-
Otros Autores: Lockwood, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abbreviations and map key
  • Species accounts
  • Tree ducks (Whistling-ducks): Black-bellied whistling-duck
  • Fulvous whistling-duck
  • Geese: Greater white-fronted goose
  • Snow goose
  • Ross's goose
  • Canada goose and Cackling goose
  • Brant
  • Swans: Trumpeter swan
  • Tundra swan
  • Perching ducks: Muscovy duck
  • Wood duck
  • Dabbling ducks: Gadwall
  • Eurasian wigeon
  • American wigeon
  • American black duck
  • Mallard
  • Mexican duck
  • Mottled duck
  • Blue-winged teal
  • Cinnamon teal
  • Northern shoveler
  • White-cheeked pintail
  • Northern pintail
  • Garganey
  • Green-winged teal
  • Diving ducks: Canvasback
  • Redhead
  • Ring-necked duck
  • Greater scaup
  • Lesser scaup
  • Sea ducks: Common eider
  • King eider
  • Harlequin duck
  • Surf scoter
  • White-winged scoter
  • Black scoter
  • Long-tailed duck
  • Bufflehead
  • Common goldeneye
  • Barrow's goldeneye
  • Hooded merganser
  • Common merganser
  • Red-breasted merganser
  • Stiff-tailed ducks: Masked duck
  • Ruddy duck
  • Scientific names of animals and plants occurring in the text.