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Birds of the world : a photographic guide / Andrew Gosler, general editor.

Title
Birds of the world : a photographic guide / Andrew Gosler, general editor.
Publication
Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2007.

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Gosler, Andrew.
Description
384 p. : col. ill., maps; 29 cm.
Summary
A comprehensive guide to birds that provides color photographs and detailed descriptions of more than one seventh of all known bird species, with information on bird classifications, listings of all known bird species in the world today, and an overview of the evolution of birds.
Subject
  • Birds > Geographical distribution
  • Birds > Identification
  • Birds > Pictorial works
  • Birds
  • Oiseaux > Distribution géographique
  • Oiseaux > Identification
  • Oiseaux > Ouvrages illustrés
  • Oiseaux
Genre/Form
  • Guidebooks.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • Includes index.
  • "Photos and descriptions of over 1,300 species. Full listing of every bird species in the world"--Cover.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Christopher Perrins -- Bird Evolution -- Adaptations of Birds -- Bird Classification -- Anatomy of Birds -- Bird Conservation Bird Families of the World -- The Nearctic Region / Edward H. Butt -- The Neotropical Region / Martin Kelsey -- The Palaearctic Region / Malcom Ogilvie -- The Afrotropical Region / Luc Lens and Hilde Eggermont -- The Oriental Region / Martin W. Woodcock -- The Australasian Region / Hugh A. Ford -- World Checklist of Birds.
ISBN
  • 9781554072415 (bound)
  • 1554072417 (bound)
LCCN
^^2007296262
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library