Toucans, Barbets, and Honeyguides - Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae

Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung This superbly illustrated book covers in unmatched deatil the life history, relationships, biology and conservation of all the world's toucans, barbets and honeyguides. The colour plates, painted by well- known American artist Albert Earl Gilbert, are probably the best paintings of these birds ever produced. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of colour plates List of abbreviations Plan of the book and notes on the species accounts Topographical diagram of a toucanet Part 1: General Chapters 1: Barbets, toucans and honeyguides - the birds, their relationships and evolution 2: Distribution and habitats 3: Foods and feeding behaviour 4: Movements, drinking, roosting, display, sociality and interspecific behaviour 5: Breeding behaviour: preliminaries to nesting 6: Breeding and aspects of life cycle 7: Honeyguides Part 2: Species Accounts References Glossary Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jennifer Horne, Horne Jennifer, Lester Short, Lester L. Short, Lester L. Horne Short
• Con la collaborazione di: Albert Earl Gilbert (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.08.2001
• EAN: 9780198546665
• ISBN: 978-0-19-854666-5
• Pagine: 550
• Serie: Bird Families of the World; Bird Families of the World S.; Bird Families of the World
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Zoologia; NATURE / Animals / Birds, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, NATURE / Birdwatching Guides, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Birds (ornithology), Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Animal Ecology, Zoology and animal sciences