| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (528 pages .) |
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text file |
| Series |
Princeton field guides
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Princeton field guides.
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| Note |
Previous edition by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. How to Use This Book; 3. New Guinea Natural History; 4. In the Field in Search of Birds; Selected References; Web Sources; Plates; Species Accounts; Index. |
| Summary |
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 exceptionally diverse assemblage of songbirds such as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds. Birds of New Guinea is the only guide to cover all 780 bird species reported in the area, including 366 endemics. Expanding its coverage with 111 vibrant color plates-twice as many as the first edition. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Birds -- New Guinea.
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Birds. |
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New Guinea. |
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Birds -- New Guinea -- Identification.
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides.
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Electronic books.
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Guidebooks.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Beehler, Bruce McP., author.
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Bishop, K. David, contributor.
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Coates, Brian J., contributor.
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Diamond, Jared M., contributor.
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Lecroy, Mary, contributor.
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Anderton, John, illustrator.
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Coe, James, illustrator.
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Zimmerman, Dale A. (Dale Allen), 1928- illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pratt, Thane K. Birds of New Guinea. Second edition. 9780691095622 0691095620 (DLC) 2014009192 |
| ISBN |
1400865115 (electronic book) |
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9781400865116 (electronic book) |
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9780691095622 (hardcover) |
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0691095620 (hardcover) |
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9780691095639 (paperback) |
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0691095639 (paperback) |
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