Oceanic Birds of the World : : A Photo Guide /

Oceanic Birds of the World : : A Photo Guide / / Kirk Zufelt, Steve N. G. Howell.

A state-of-the-art photographic field guide to the world's oceanic birdsOceanic birds are among the most remarkable but least known of all birds, living at sea, far from the sight of most people. They offer unusual identification challenges-many species look similar and it can be difficult to g...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
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Howell, Steve N. G.,
Zufelt, Kirk,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 368 color plates. 114 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • How to Use This Book
  • Format of the Species Accounts
  • Abbreviations and Some Terms Explained
  • Introduction
  • Taxonomy and Types of Oceanic Birds
  • Identifying Seabirds at Sea
  • Molt-Yes, It Can Be Useful
  • Where and How to See Oceanic Birds
  • Conservation
  • Species Accounts and Plates
  • Penguins
  • Alcids
  • Diving-Petrels
  • Petrels
  • Albatrosses
  • Storm-Petrels
  • Tropicbirds
  • Frigatebirds
  • Gannets and Boobies
  • Skuas and Jaegers
  • Gulls and Terns
  • Phalaropes
  • Appendices
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Index

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