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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Pratt, Thane K. (Auteur), Beehler, Bruce McP (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Zimmerman, Dale A. (Dale Allen), 1928- (Illustrateur), Coe, James (Illustrateur), Anderton, John (Illustrateur), Lecroy, Mary (Collaborateur), Diamond, Jared M. (Collaborateur), Coates, Brian J. (Collaborateur), Bishop, K. David (Collaborateur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Édition:Second edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Birds.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
Oiseaux > Nouvelle-Guinee > Identification.
Oiseaux > Nouvelle-Guinee.
Birds > New Guinea > Identification.
Birds > New Guinea.
New Guinea.
Field guides.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description:Includes index.
Previous edition by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (528 pages).
ISBN:9781400865116

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