Handbook of the Birds of the WorldVolume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos
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The volume describes 6 families, fewer than other volumes, but contains the most species (834 species), as some of the families are very large; pigeons and doves (309 species), parrots (322 species) and cuckoos (136 species). These families are of interest to any ornithologist as they are present on all continents. Moreover, we find the sandgrouse, native to the arid terrains of Africa, southern Europe and south western Asia, the cockatoos, relatives of parrots, present in south-east Asia and Australia, and the turacos, inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa. The plates and photographs in this volume show some of the most varied and colourful of the world’s birds.
Product code: HBW0004
ISBN: 978-84-87334-22-1
SKU: HBW0004 Categories: Birds, Encyclopedias, Handbook of the Birds of the World, Last ChanceWeight
4.12 kg
Size
24 × 31 cm
Language
English
Format
Hardback
Pages
679
Publishing date
January 1997
Published by
Lynx Edicions
Family Index of the Handbook of the Birds of the World series
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Description
Foreword on species concepts and species limits in ornithology by Jürgen H. Haffer.
| Order PTEROCLIFORMES | ||
| Family Pteroclidae (Sandgrouse) | E. de Juana | |
| Order COLUMBIFORMES | ||
| Family Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves) | L.F. Baptista, P.W. Trail & H.M. Horblit | |
| Order PSITTACIFORMES | ||
| Family Cacatuidae (Cockatoos) | I. Rowley | |
| Family Psittacidae (Parrots) | N.J. Collar | |
| Order CUCULIFORMES | ||
| Family Musophagidae (Turacos) | D.A. Turner | |
| Family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) | R.B. Payne |
- 70 colour plates of birds
- 236 colour photographs
- 837 distribution maps
- 13 figures and tables
- c. 7000 bibliographical references
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