Birds of Melanesia: the Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia
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Main Author: Dutson, Guy C. L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Christopher Helm 2011
Series:Helm field guides
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; MELANESIAN ORNITHOLOGY; BIRDWATCHING IN MELANESIA; CONSERVATION; USING THE PLATES AND SPECIES TEXTS; ISLAND GROUPS OF MELANESIA; CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF MELANESIA; COLOUR PLATES; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; GAZETTEER; INDEX.
This new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarks to Vanuatu, a popular destination for tours and travellers and one that has never before had field-guide coverage. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia. Superb colour plates illustrate the 650 species that occur in the region, allied with concise identification text and a series of distribution colour bars. For anyone travelling to this far-flung Pacific region, this
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (447 pages)
ISBN:9781408152461
1408152460
0713665408
9780713665406

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