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The hummingbirds of North America

Title: The hummingbirds of North America / Paul A. Johnsgard ; color plates by Mark Marcuson, James McClelland, and Sophie Webb.
Author: Johnsgard, Paul A.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Description

xiii, 278 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm

Summary

Paul A. Johnsgard's Hummingbirds of North America is the only book devoted to the identification, distribution, and biology - both individual and comparative - of all hummingbirds that breed in North America. First published in 1983, this acclaimed volume now has been revised and expanded to include twenty-five Mexican species, such as the long-billed starthroat and the fork-tailed emeralds, thereby more than doubling the species coverage of the original edition.
Full species-by-species accounts survey the evolutionary history, anatomical and physiological specializations, and comparative ecology, behavior, and reproduction biology of this largest family of nonpasserine birds. Individual accounts are complemented by 24-full-color paintings.
Including updated range maps, identification keys, and a bibliography that has been broadened to include literature on the little-known Mexican species, the book is both accessible to amateur birders and an authoritative volume for ornithologists.

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ISBN

1560987081 (alk. paper)

LCCN

96044168

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Columbia University Libraries