Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America (eBook)

A Photographic Guide

Steve N. G. Howell (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3962-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A complete illustrated guide to these enigmatic seabirdsPetrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels are among the most beautiful yet least known of all the world's birds, living their lives at sea far from the sight of most people. Largely colored in shades of gray, black, and white, these enigmatic and fast-flying seabirds can be hard to differentiate, particularly from a moving boat. Useful worldwide, not just in North America, this photographic guide is based on unrivaled field experience and combines insightful text and hundreds of full-color images to help you identify these remarkable birds.The first book of its kind, this guide features an introduction that explains ocean habitats and the latest developments in taxonomy. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features such as flight manner, plumage variation related to age and molt, seasonal occurrence patterns, and migration routes. Species accounts are arranged into groups helpful for field identification, and an overview of unique identification challenges is provided for each group. The guide also includes distribution maps for regularly occurring species as well as a bibliography, glossary, and appendixes.The first state-of-the-art photographic guide to these enigmatic seabirdsIncludes hundreds of full-color photos throughoutFeatures detailed species accounts that describe flight, plumage, distribution, and moreProvides overviews of ocean habitats, taxonomy, and conservationOffers tips on how to observe and identify birds at sea

Autor

Steve N. G. Howell is an acclaimed field ornithologist and writer. He is an international bird tour leader with WINGS and a research associate at PRBO Conservation Science in California. His books include the Peterson Reference Guide to Molt in North American Birds and Hummingbirds of North America (Princeton).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.1.2012
• Zusatzinfo: 975 photos and figs. 66 maps.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Alaska Peninsula • Albatross • aleutian islands • American Museum of Natural History • Atlantic Ocean • Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross • Bering Sea • Bermuda petrel • bird • birdlife international • Black-browed albatross • black-capped petrel • Black-footed albatross • Black petrel • blue-gray • Bodega Bay • Bounty Islands • Buller's shearwater • Bulwer's petrel • California Academy of Sciences • California Current • Cape Hatteras • Chatham albatross • Christmas shearwater • Continental Shelf • Cook's petrel • Cory's shearwater • endemism • European storm petrel • Fea's petrel • Fledge • Flight feather • Flying Fish • Gadfly petrel • Galápagos Islands • Gibson's albatross • gulf of alaska • Gulf of Mexico • Gulf of Panama • Hawaiian petrel • Henderson petrel • Herald petrel • Humboldt Current • Illustration • Indian Ocean • Jamaican petrel • Kermadec petrel • Laysan • Laysan Albatross • Little shearwater • Manx shearwater • maureen • Mollymawk • Mottled petrel • moulting • Murphy's petrel • Museum of Natural Sciences • Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County • North America • Northern fulmar • Northern royal albatross • ocean • Ornithology • Pacific Ocean • Pelagic zone • Phoebetria • Pink-footed shearwater • plumage • Procellaria • Procellariiformes • Sable Island • Salvin's albatross • Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History • seabird • Shearwater • Shy albatross • skua • Smithsonian Institution • Sooty albatross • Sooty shearwater • South America • Southern giant petrel • Southern Ocean • Southern royal albatross • South polar skua • species • Storm petrel • Supercilium • Tahiti petrel • Thermocline • Townsend's shearwater • Trindade petrel • Tropical Cyclone • Vermiculation • wandering albatross • Wedge-tailed shearwater • White-capped albatross • Wing chord (biology) • Yellowfin tuna • Zino's petrel
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3962-9 / 1400839629
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3962-9 / 9781400839629