Birds of New Guinea / Thane K. Pratt and Bruce M. Beehler ; with editorial contributions by K. David Bishop, Brian J. Coates, Jared M. Diamond, and Mary LeCroy ; illustrated by John C. Anderton and Szabolcs Kokay and James Coe and Dale Zimmerman.
Material type: TextSeries: Princeton field guidesPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (528 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 1400865115
- 9781400865116
- 598.0995 23
- QL691.N48 B44 2015
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Previous edition by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman.
Includes index.
Print version record.
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.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
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