Atlas of Rare Birds
by COUZENS, Dominic
Format: Hardcover
Code: 13366
Condition: New
Product Details
This book offers a guide to some of the rarest birds in existence, with maps that show where to find them. Focusing on fifty captivating stories of the very rare, it describes remarkable discoveries of species not seen for centuries and brought back from the brink of extinction, successes like the Seychelles Magpie-Robin and the California Condor. The book is organized around key groups of species, with each species the subject of its own mini-chapter; we learn about the five most amazing tales of island endemics, the five most bizarre cases of a bird's becoming threatened, and other astonishing tales of bird life.
ISBN: 9780262015172
Publisher: MIT Press
Year of Publication: 2010
Page Count: 240
Weight: 2.75 lb