Rare Birds of North America (eBook)

Steve N. G. Howell, Ian Lewington, Will Russell (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4807-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The first comprehensive illustrated guide to North America's vagrant birdsRare Birds of North America is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada. Featuring 275 stunning color plates, this book covers 262 species originating from three very different regions-the Old World, the New World tropics, and the world's oceans. It explains the causes of avian vagrancy and breaks down patterns of occurrence by region and season, enabling readers to see where, when, and why each species occurs in North America. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, taxonomy, age, sex, distribution, and status.Rare Birds of North America provides unparalleled insights into vagrancy and avian migration, and will enrich the birding experience of anyone interested in finding and observing rare birds.Covers 262 species of vagrant birds found in the United States and CanadaFeatures 275 stunning color plates that depict every speciesExplains patterns of occurrence by region and seasonProvides an invaluable overview of vagrancy patterns and migrationIncludes detailed species accounts and cutting-edge identification tips

Autor

Steve N. G. Howell is a research associate at PRBO Conservation Science and a staff leader with WINGS, an international bird tour company. His books include Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (Princeton). Ian Lewington is one of the world's finest bird illustrators. His books include Rare Birds of Britain and Europe. Will Russell is cofounder and managing director of WINGS.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.2.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 275 color plates. 2 line illus. 9 tables. 17 maps.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: aleutian islands • Amazon kingfisher • American Robin • American sparrow • Arctic warbler • Asian rosy finch • atlantic canada • AUK • Aztec thrush • Bannon • Blue bunting • blue-gray • Blue mockingbird • Brambling • Brown shrike • Brown skua • Bumblebee hummingbird • Canyon wren • Commander Islands • Common blackbird • Common chaffinch • Common chiffchaff • Common house martin • Common swift • Common yellowthroat • Crimson-collared grosbeak • Demoiselle Crane • Eastern yellow wagtail • Elaenia • Eurasian bittern • Eurasian (mixed ancestry) • Eurasian skylark • European greenfinch • evergreen forest • Flame-colored tanager • Flight feather • flycatcher • Forest zone • frigatebird • Fruit tree • garganey • Giant kingbird • Grassquit • Greater Antilles • hawfinch • Hermit Thrush • Hispaniola • House crow • Indian Subcontinent • insectivore • kingbird • La Sagra's flycatcher • Lesser whitethroat • Little bunting • Little shearwater • Masked tityra • Meadow Pipit • Mexican yellow grosbeak • mockingbird • moulting • North America • northern jacana • Northern lapwing • Northern Mockingbird • Olive-backed pipit • Pacific States • Passerine • pipit • plumage • Red-legged honeycreeper • Red-legged thrush • Reverse migration (birds) • Ruby-throated Hummingbird • Ruddy quail-dove • Rustic bunting • scapular • Sea of Okhotsk • Shemya • Siberian accentor • Siberian blue robin • Siberian rubythroat • Siberian stonechat • Social flycatcher • songbird • Southeast Asia • Spotted Flycatcher • St. Lawrence Island • St. Paul Island (Nova Scotia) • Streak-backed oriole • Swainson's thrush • Taiga flycatcher • Thrush (bird) • Vancouver Island • wader • wagtail • warbler • Western spindalis • White wagtail • willow warbler • woodpecker
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4807-5 / 1400848075
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4807-2 / 9781400848072