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Birds of Melanesia : the Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia / Guy Dutson ; illustrated by Richard Allen ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dutson, Guy.
- Series:
- Helm field guides.
- Helm field guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--Melanesia.
- Birds.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (451 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Christopher Helm, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarks to Vanuatu, a popular destination for tours and travellers and one that has never before had field-guide coverage. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia. Superb colour plates illustrate the 650 species that occur in the region, allied with concise identification text and a series of distribution colour bars. For anyone travelling to this far-flung Pacific region, this
- Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; MELANESIAN ORNITHOLOGY; BIRDWATCHING IN MELANESIA; CONSERVATION; USING THE PLATES AND SPECIES TEXTS; ISLAND GROUPS OF MELANESIA; CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF MELANESIA; COLOUR PLATES; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; GAZETTEER; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613294302
- 9781472982902
- 1472982908
- 9781283294300
- 1283294303
- 9781408152461
- 1408152460
- OCLC:
- 764478368
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