Birds of New Guinea : : Second Edition /

Birds of New Guinea : : Second Edition / / Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt.

This is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea. The world's largest tropical island, New Guinea boasts a spectacular avifauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as an excep...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Pratt, Thane K.,
Beehler, Bruce M.,
TeilnehmendeR:
Anderton, John C.
Kókay, Szabolcs.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©2015
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Second
Language:English
Series:Princeton Field Guides ; 97
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Physical Description:1 online resource (528 p.) :; 635 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. How To Use Th Is Book
  • 3. New Guinea Natural History
  • 4. In The Field In Search Of Birds
  • Selected References
  • Web Sources
  • Plates
  • Plates 1 - 50
  • Plates 51 - 110
  • Species Accounts
  • CASSOWARIES: Casuariidae
  • MEGAPODES: Megapodiidae
  • PHEASANTS, PARTRIDGES, AND QUAIL: Phasianidae
  • MAGPIE GOOSE: Anseranatidae
  • DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS: Anatidae
  • PETRELS AND SHEARWATERS: Procellariidae
  • NORTHERN STORM-PETRELS: Hydrobatidae
  • SOUTHERN STORM-PETRELS: Oceanitidae
  • GREBES: Podicipedidae
  • TROPICBIRDS: Phaethontidae
  • STORKS: Ciconiidae
  • IBISES AND SPOONBILLS: Threskiornithidae
  • HERONS AND BITTERNS: Ardeidae
  • PELICANS: Pelecanidae
  • FRIGATEBIRDS: Fregatidae
  • BOOBIES: Sulidae
  • CORMORANTS: Phalacrocoracidae
  • DARTERS: Anhingidae
  • OSPREYS: Pandionidae
  • HAWKS AND EAGLES: Accipitridae
  • FALCONS: Falconidae
  • BUSTARDS: Otididae
  • RAILS: Rallidae
  • CRANES: Gruidae
  • BUTTONQUAIL: Turnicidae
  • STONE-CURLEWS: Burhinidae
  • OYSTERCATCHERS: Haematopodidae
  • STILTS AND AVOCETS: Recurvirostridae
  • PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS: Charadriidae
  • Jacanas : Jacanidae
  • SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES: Scolopacidae
  • COURSERS AND PRATINCOLES: Glareolidae
  • TERNS AND GULLS: Laridae
  • JAEGERS AND SKUAS: Stercorariidae
  • PIGEONS AND DOVES: Columbidae
  • COCKATOOS: Cacatuidae
  • New Guinea Vulturine Parrot and relatives: Psittrichasidae
  • AUSTRALASIAN PARROTS: Psittaculidae
  • COUCALS: Centropodidae
  • OLD WORLD PARASITIC CUCKOOS: Cuculidae
  • BARN-OWLS: Tytonidae
  • OWLS: Strigidae
  • FROGMOUTHS: Podargidae
  • NIGHTJARS: Caprimulgidae
  • OWLET-NIGHTJARS: Aegothelidae
  • TREESWIFTS: Hemiprocnidae
  • SWIFTS: Apodidae
  • ROLLERS: Coraciidae
  • WOODLAND KINGFISHERS: Halcyonidae
  • RIVER KINGFISHERS: Alcedinidae
  • BEE-EATERS: Meropidae
  • HORNBILLS: Bucerotidae
  • PITTAS: Pittidae
  • BOWERBIRDS AND CATBIRDS: Ptilonorhynchidae
  • Australasian Treecreepers: Climacteridae
  • FAIRYWRENS AND ALLIES: Maluridae
  • HONEYEATERS: Meliphagidae
  • AUSTRALASIAN WARBLERS: Acanthizidae
  • AUSTRALASIAN BABBLERS: Pomatostomidae
  • LOGRUNNERS: Orthonychidae
  • Satinbirds: Cnemophilidae
  • BERRYPECKERS AND LONGBILLS: Melanocharitidae
  • Painted Berrypeckers : Paramythiidae
  • Whipbirds : Psophodidae
  • Jewel -babblers and Quail -thrushes : Cinclosomatidae
  • BOATBILLS: Machaerirhynchidae
  • BUTCHERBIRDS AND ALLIES: Cracticidae
  • WOODSWALLOWS: Artamidae
  • CUCKOOSHRIKES: Campephagidae
  • SITTELLAS: Neosittidae
  • BERRYHUNTERS: Rhagologidae
  • AUSTRALO-PAPUAN BELLBIRDS: Oreoicidae
  • PLOUGHBILLS: Eulacestomatidae
  • WHISTLERS AND ALLIES: Pachycephalidae
  • SHRIKES: Laniidae
  • ORIOLES AND FIGBIRDS: Oriolidae
  • MONARCHS: Monarchidae
  • IFRITS: Ifritidae
  • DRONGOS: Dicruridae
  • FANTAILS: Rhipiduridae
  • CROWS AND ALLIES: Corvidae
  • MELAMPITTAS: Melampittidae
  • Birds of Paradise : Paradisaeidae
  • AUSTRALASIAN ROBINS: Petroicidae
  • LARKS: Alaudidae
  • BULBULS: Pycnonotidae
  • SWALLOWS AND MARTINS: Hirundinidae
  • LEAF-WARBLERS AND ALLIES: Phylloscopidae
  • WHITE-EYES: Zosteropidae
  • REED-WARBLERS AND ALLIES: Acrocephalidae
  • GRASSBIRDS AND ALLIES: Locustellidae
  • CISTICOLAS AND ALLIES: Cisticolidae
  • STARLINGS: Sturnidae
  • THRUSHES: Turdidae
  • Chats, Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae
  • SUNBIRDS AND FLOWERPECKERS: Nectariniidae
  • OLD WORLD SPARROWS: Passeridae
  • WAXBILLS, MANNIKINS, AND ALLIES: Estrildidae
  • WAGTAILS AND PIPITS: Motacillidae
  • Index

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