Birds of New Guinea / Thane K. Pratt and Bruce M. Beehler ; with editorial contributions by K. David Bishop, Brian J. Coates, Jared M. Diamond, and Mary LeCroy ; illustrated by John C. Anderton and Szabolcs Kokay and James Coe and Dale Zimmerman.

This is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea. The world's largest tropical island, New Guinea boasts a spectacular avifauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as an excep...

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Main Authors: Pratt, Thane K. (Author), Beehler, Bruce McP (Author)
Other Authors: Bishop, K. David (Contributor), Coates, Brian J. (Contributor), Diamond, Jared M. (Contributor), Lecroy, Mary (Contributor), Anderton, John (Illustrator), Coe, James (Illustrator), Zimmerman, Dale A. (Dale Allen), 1928- (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Princeton field guides.
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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. How to Use This Book; 3. New Guinea Natural History; 4. In the Field in Search of Birds; Selected References; Web Sources; Plates; Species Accounts; Index. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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