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Birds of New Guinea : Second Edition /

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...

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Autores principales: Pratt, Thane K. (Autor), Beehler, Bruce McP (Autor)
Otros Autores: Zimmerman, Dale A. (Dale Allen), 1928- (Ilustrador), Coe, James (Ilustrador), Anderton, John (Ilustrador), Lecroy, Mary (Contribuidor), Diamond, Jared M. (Contribuidor), Coates, Brian J. (Contribuidor), Bishop, K. David (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. How to Use This Book; 3. New Guinea Natural History; 4. In the Field in Search of Birds; Selected References; Web Sources; Plates; Species Accounts; Index. 
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