Birds New to Science: Fifty Years of Avian Discoveries (Helm Photographic Guides)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1472906284 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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What's more, these aren't all just obscure brown birds on tiny islands – witness the bizarre Bare-faced Bulbul from Laos (2009), spectacular Araripe Manakin from Brazil (1998), or gaudy Bugun Liocichla from north-east India (2006).This book documents all of these remarkable discoveries made since 1960, from Barau's Petrel onwards, covering around 300 species. Each species account discusses the story of the discovery, with photographs of the birds where available, along with a discussion of what is known about the species' biology, habitat and distri
For more than twenty-five years he has been a Research Associate in Ornithology at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.. His publications include Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers(Helm, 2001), Where to Watch Birds in Central America and the Caribbean (with Nigel Wheatley) (Helm, 2002), the four-volume Canadian Atlas of Bird Banding (Canadian Wildlife Service, 2001-2010), and contributions to three volumes of the Handbook o
About the Author David Brewer was born in Worcestershire, England. David has watched birds on all seven continents, but his main area interests are the study and conservation of birds of South and Central America. After a fellowship at the University of Arizona he emigrated to Canada. He read Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and received his PhD fromUniversity of Strathclyde, Glasgow. For more than twenty-five years he has been a Research Associate in Ornithology at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.. His publications include Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers(Helm, 2001), Where to Watch Birds in Central America and the Caribbean (with Nigel Wheatley) (Helm, 2002), the four-volume Canadian Atlas of Bird Banding (Canadian Wildlife Service, 2001-2010), and contributions to three volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the World