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Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Fully Revised and Updated Third Edition.

An up-to-date field guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin IslandsThis portable and informative field guide describes the bird species found on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Fully updated, the guide presents all 347 species, both naturally occurring as well as introduced, and highlig...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Raffaele, Herbert A.
Otros Autores: Petrovic, Clive, López, Sergio A. ón, Yntema, Lisa D., Faria, José A. Salguero
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.
Colección:Princeton field guides.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Artist Credits -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Introduction -- Aims -- Species Coverage -- Taxonomy -- Species Accounts -- Size -- Other Common Names -- Behavior -- Description -- Plumages -- Similar Species -- Flight -- Voice -- Uniqueness -- Status and Range -- Other Definitions -- Recent Avifaunal Changes -- Present Avifaunal Composition -- Migration -- Causes of Avifaunal Increase -- Field Hazards -- Geography -- Biogeography -- Barriers to Dispersal -- Diversity versus Uniqueness -- Uniqueness: Its Values -- Conservation 
505 8 |a The Problem -- Principal Causes of Extinction and Endangerment -- Earliest Human-Caused Extinctions in the Region -- Recent Extinctions and Extirpations -- Endangered and Threatened Species -- Causes of Endangerment -- Habitat Destruction and Disturbance -- Overhunting -- Invasive Pests -- Chemicals -- Climate Change -- Endangered Species List -- Proposed Conservation Measures -- Descriptive Parts of a Bird -- Species Accounts and Color Illustrations -- Ocean Birds -- Coastal Seabirds -- Long-legged Wetland Birds (mostly Waders) -- Medium-legged Wetland Birds (mostly Waders) 
505 8 |a Other Wetland Birds -- Ducks/Duck-like Waterbirds -- Medium- and Long-legged Upland Birds -- Birds of Prey -- Land Birds -- Vagrants -- Vagrants with Insufficient Records -- Unestablished Introductions -- Hypothetical -- Places to Bird -- Puerto Rico -- U.S. Virgin Islands -- British Virgin Islands -- Index -- Index of Local Names 
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