Birds of New Guinea : : Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics / / Thane K. Pratt, Bruce M. Beehler.
New Guinea, the largest tropical island, supports a spectacular bird fauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds. Of the nearly 800 species of birds recorded from New Guinea, more than 350 a...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (672 p.) :; 14 color illus. 2 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I
- Introduction
- Layout of the Accounts
- Figures
- Part II
- Casuariiformes
- Galliformes
- Anseriformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Columbiformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Procellariiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Otidiformes
- Gruiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Accipitriformes
- Strigiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Falconiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Passeriformes
- Part III
- Bibliography
- Geographic Gazetteer
- Index of English Bird Names and Topics
- Index of Scientific Names