The World's Rarest Birds (eBook)

Erik Hirschfeld, Andy Swash, Robert Still (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2013
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4490-6 (ISBN)

Infos

An illustrated survey of the world's most endangered birdsThis illustrated book vividly depicts the most endangered birds in the world and provides the latest information on the threats each species faces and the measures being taken to save them. Today, 571 bird species are classified as critically endangered or endangered, and a further four now exist only in captivity. This landmark book features stunning photographs of 500 of these species-the results of a prestigious international photographic competition organized specifically for this book. It also showcases paintings by acclaimed wildlife artist Tomasz Cofta of the 75 species for which no photos are known to exist.The World's Rarest Birds has introductory chapters that explain the threats to birds, the ways threat categories are applied, and the distinction between threat and rarity. The book is divided into seven regional sections-Europe and the Middle East; Africa and Madagascar; Asia; Australasia; Oceanic Islands; North America, Central America, and the Caribbean; and South America. Each section includes an illustrated directory to the bird species under threat there, and gives a concise description of distribution, status, population, key threats, and conservation needs. This one-of-a-kind book also provides coverage of 62 data-deficient species.

Autor

Erik Hirschfeld works in air traffic control management and is a freelance writer, guide, and consultant in ornithology. Andy Swash is managing director of WILDGuides and a professional wildlife photographer, naturalist, author, and guide. Robert Still is an ecologist, widely traveled naturalist, and graphic artist who designs books that encourage people to take a greater interest in the natural world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.3.2013
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Zusatzinfo: 103 color illus. 977 color photos. 610 color maps.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Agriculture • American mink • Avian botulism • Bachman's warbler • bird • Bird extinction • birdlife international • Black-browed albatross • Black rat • Black robin • Blue-throated macaw • Blue-winged macaw • Bornean peacock-pheasant • brown tree snake • California condor • Common starling • Critically endangered • Data deficient • deforestation • Drongo • Drought • Endangered Species • Endemic Bird Area • endemism • Feral animal • flightless bird • Forest owlet • Forty-spotted pardalote • Gadfly petrel • Golden bowerbird • Golden-cheeked warbler • Golden-shouldered parrot • Gouldian finch • Greater crested tern • Great green macaw • Great Horned Owl • Great Indian bustard • Great spotted kiwi • Grey peacock-pheasant • habitat destruction • Hawaiian crow • Himalayan quail • honeyeater • Hooded vulture • Hook-billed hermit • hornbill • Indian vulture • Indian yellow-nosed albatross • Invasive species • Island thrush • Karnataka • Kirtland's Warbler • Laysan duck • Lesser florican • Lethal yellowing • Long-whiskered owlet • Maui parrotbill • Mauritius kestrel • New World quail • nightjar • Noisy friarbird • Northern bald ibis • Northern rockhopper penguin • Northern royal albatross • Orange-bellied parrot • Oriental stork • Ornithology • Owlet-nightjar • Passenger pigeon • Population decline • Powerful owl • predation • Puerto Rican nightjar • rare birds • Red-billed curassow • Ridgway's hawk • Ruddy Duck • Rusty blackbird • Saffron-cowled blackbird • Seychelles magpie-robin • Seychelles paradise flycatcher • Shiny cowbird • Slender-billed crow • Slender-billed vulture • Small Asian mongoose • Smooth-billed ani • Southern bald ibis • Stephens Island wren • Storm's stork • Striated heron • Swift parrot • threatened species • Tricolored blackbird • Vulnerable Species • vulture • warbler • White-bellied heron • whooping crane • Yellow crazy ant • yellowthroat
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4490-8 / 1400844908
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4490-6 / 9781400844906