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A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo

Door Susan Myers

Categorie
Algemeen Vogels
Boeknummer
#362520-XK16
Titel
A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo
Auteur
Myers, Susan
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
New Holland Australia
Jaar van uitgave
2009
ISBN10
1847733816
ISBN13
9781847733818
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with numerous colour drawings, 8vo.
Samenvatting
"A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo" is the first comprehensive and accurate guide to the varied avifauna of this island biodiversity hot-spot, which comprises Brunei, the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Indonesian states of Kalimantan. More than 630 bird species have been recorded in Borneo and, using the most up-to-date taxonomy and nomenclature, the guide includes all recently split species and also gives full coverage to the distinctive Bornean races where they differ from their counterparts on neighbouring islands or in mainland South-East Asia. Borneo is of particular ecological significance; the unique combination of its tropical latitude and the relief of the land, which includes high mountains and rainforests, has created many isolated micro-habitats whi... (Lees verder)ch have enabled a remarkable number of different species of birds to evolve, many of which are endemic to the island. Every species recorded is described in detail with key identification characteristics and habitat information given, plus a colour distribution map. All species are illustrated in the 246-page full-colour ID section, with paintings by the same expert team of artists who worked on New Holland's celebrated "A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia".
Pagina's
272
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 25,00

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