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Atlas of rare birds

Title: Atlas of rare birds / Dominic Couzens.
Author: Couzens, Dominic.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.

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Description

240 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 27 cm.

Subject

Rare birds > Geographical distribution

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Back from the brink : starting again with just a few survivors. California condor ; Kakapo ; Laysan duck ; Seychelles magpie-robin ; Crested ibis -- The perils of island living : many threatened birds are confined to small spaces. Ultramarine lorikeet ; Floreana mockingbird ; Kagu ; Junin grebe ; Bali myna -- Threats in many guises : peculiar ways to become threatened. Tristan albatross ; Black-eared miner ; Montserrat oriole ; Houbara bustard ; Colourful puffleg -- Migrants : the difficulties of protecting birds on the move. Aquatic warbler ; Nordmann's greenshank ; Northern bald ibis ; Kirtland's warbler ; Whooping crane -- Unexpected calamities : once common birds in sudden danger. White-rumped vulture ; Sooty falcon ; Regent honeyeater ; Red-legged kittiwake ; Lesser flamingo -- Lost causes? : optimism fades - or has gone completely. Spoon-billed sandpiper ; Brazilian merganser ; Philippine eagle ; Marvellous spatuletail ; Po'ouli -- Controversies : conservation is rarely a simple business. Spotted owl ; White-headed duck ; Grenada dove ; Gurney's pitta ; Spix's macaw -- Discoveries : some unexpected ways to discover new species. Algerian nuthatch ; Nechisar nightjar ; Hooded grebe ; Udzungwa forest partridge ; Araripe manakin -- Rediscoveries : missing birds are found again. Noisy scrub-bird ; Forest owlet ; New Zealand storm-petrel ; Bruijn's brush-turkey ; Madagascar pochard -- The pending tray : are they out there, or not? Long-whiskered owlet ; Night parrot ; Pink-headed duck ; White-eyed river martin ; Ivory-billed woodpecker.

Call Number

JSF 13-378

ISBN

9780262015172 (hardcover : alk. paper)
026201517X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2010017197

OCLC

609541924

Author

Couzens, Dominic.

Title

Atlas of rare birds / Dominic Couzens.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JSF 13-378

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