BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA
Written by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, Dale A. Zimmerman
Illustrated by Dale A. Zimmerman, James Coe
Published by Princeton University Press
in 1986
ISBN: 0691083851
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- NEW GUINEA
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BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA
Written by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, Dale A. Zimmerman.
Illustrated by Dale A. Zimmerman, James Coe.
Stock no. 1805130
1st.
1986.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Handbook No. 9 of the WAU Ecology Institute. Dark grey cloth boards, white title to spine. Map of New Guinea to endpapers. B/w illustrations and colour plates. ISBN: 0691083851. Contents are fine. White pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-browned.
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Front cover
Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION (BB)
- PAPUAN NATURAL HISTORY (BB, JMD, TKP)
- IN THE FIELD (BB)
- SPECIES ACCOUNTS
- Cassowaries: Casuariidae (TKP)
- Petrels, Shearwaters, and Allies: Procellariidae (HLB)
- Storm-Petrels: Oceanitidae (HLB)
- Grebes or Dabchicks: Podicipedidae (BWF)
- Tropicbirds: Phaethontidae (HLB)
- Frigatebirds: Fregatidae (HLB)
- Cormorants: Phalacrocoracidae (HLB)
- Darters: Anhingidae (HLB)
- Boobies: Sulidae (HLB)
- Pelicans: Pelecanidae (BWF)
- Herons and Egrets: Ardeidae (HLB)
- Storks: Ciconiidae (BWF)
- Ibises and Spponbills: Threskiornithidae (BWF)
- Hawks, Kites and Eagles: Accipitridae (BWF)
- Falcons: Falconidae (BWF)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans: Anatidae (BWF)
- Quail, Pheasants and Alies: Phasianidae (BWF)
- Rails, Moorhens and Coots: Rallidae (HLB)
- Cranes, Gruidae (BWF)
- Bustards: Otididae (BWF)
- Oystercatchers: Haematopodidae (BWF)
- Stilts and Avocets: Recurvirostridae (BWF)
- Coursers and Pratincoles: Glareolidae (BWF)
- Plovers and Doterrels: Charadriidae (BWF)
- Curlews, Sandpipers, Snipes: Scolopacidae (BWF)
- Gulls and Terns: Laridae (BWF)
- Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae (TKP)
- Parrots, Lories and Cockatoos: Psittacidae (TKP)
- Cuckoos, Koels, and Coucal, Cuculidae (BB)
- Barn Owls: Tytonidae (TKP)
- Frogmouths: Podargidae (TKP)
- Owlet-nightjars (Aegothelidae (TKP)
- Swifts and Swiftlets: Apodidae (TKP)
- Bee-eaters:Meropidae (TKP)
- Hornbills: Bucerotidae (TKP)
- Larks: Alaudidae (TKP)
- Swallows and Martins: Hirundinidae (TKP)
- Wagtails and Pipits: Motocillidae (BB)
- Shrikes: Laniidae (TKP)
- Thrushes: Turdidae (BB)
- False Babblers: Pomatostomatidae (BB)
- Fairy-wrens: Maluridae (BB)
- Australian Warblers: Acanthizidae (HLB)
- Fantails: Rhipiduridae (HLB)
- Monarchs: Myiagridae (BB)
- Whistlers, Pitohuis and Allies: Pachyephae
- Sittellas: Neosittidae (TKP)
- Sunbirds: Nectariniidae (BB)
- Drongos: Dicruridae (TKP)
- Wood-swallows: Artamidae (TKP)
- Butcherbirds and Allies: Cracticidae (TKP)
- Bowerbirds: Ptilonorhynchidae (BB)
- Birds of Paradise: Paradisaeidae (BB)
- Crows: Corvidae (TKP)
- GAZETTEER
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX