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Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands / Herbert A. Raffaele [and four others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raffaele, Herbert A., author.
- Series:
- Princeton Field Guides
- Princeton Field Guides ; v.153
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--United States.
- Birds.
- Birds--Puerto Rico--Identification.
- Virgin Islands--Identification.
- Virgin Islands.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- An up-to-date field guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin IslandsThis portable and informative field guide describes the bird species found on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Fully updated, the guide presents all 347 species, both naturally occurring as well as introduced, and highlights 19 endemic species found nowhere else in the world. Species are sorted by habitat to facilitate identification and extra illustrations are provided for birds similar in appearance. Facing pages conveniently juxtapose species accounts, distribution maps, and illustrations, and a section on birding hotspots pinpoints the best locations for finding specific birds. Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will be indispensable for birders and nature enthusiasts.The only fully illustrated guide to feature all 347 bird species in Puerto Rico and the Virgin IslandsSpecies sorted by habitat for easier identificationText and illustrations on facing pages for ease of identificationExtensive introduction covering taxonomy, migration, biogeography, and conservationUseful information on birding hotspots throughout the region
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- Artist Credits
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Introduction
- Aims
- Species Coverage
- Taxonomy
- Species Accounts
- Size
- Other Common Names
- Behavior
- Description
- Plumages
- Similar Species
- Flight
- Voice
- Uniqueness
- Status and Range
- Other Definitions
- Recent Avifaunal Changes
- Present Avifaunal Composition
- Migration
- Causes of Avifaunal Increase
- Field Hazards
- Geography
- Biogeography
- Barriers to Dispersal
- Diversity versus Uniqueness
- Uniqueness: Its Values
- Conservation
- The Problem
- Principal Causes of Extinction and Endangerment
- Earliest Human-Caused Extinctions in the Region
- Recent Extinctions and Extirpations
- Endangered and Threatened Species
- Causes of Endangerment
- Habitat Destruction and Disturbance
- Overhunting
- Invasive Pests
- Chemicals
- Climate Change
- Endangered Species List
- Proposed Conservation Measures
- Descriptive Parts of a Bird
- Species Accounts and Color Illustrations
- Ocean Birds
- Coastal Seabirds
- Long-legged Wetland Birds (mostly Waders)
- Medium-legged Wetland Birds (mostly Waders)
- Other Wetland Birds
- Ducks/Duck-like Waterbirds
- Medium- and Long-legged Upland Birds
- Birds of Prey
- Land Birds
- Vagrants
- Vagrants with Insufficient Records
- Unestablished Introductions
- Hypothetical
- Places to Bird
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- British Virgin Islands
- Index
- Index of Local Names.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-691-21925-7
- OCLC:
- 1255238079
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