Birds of Melanesia: Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New CaledoniaBloomsbury Publishing, 30 lis 2011 - 448 The perfect guide to the birds of Melanesia - New Caledonia, the Solomons, the Bismarcks and Vanuatu. Written by leading ornithologist Guy Dutson, this Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarcks to Vanuatu. This is an increasingly popular destination for tours and travellers, and one that has never before had complete field-guide coverage. For anyone travelling to this Pacific region, this book is an indispensable birdwatching guide. Species accounts include 650 superb illustrations allied with concise written information to aid quick and accurate identification. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia. |
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CONSERVATION | 33 |
USING THE PLATES AND SPECIES TEXTS | 36 |
ISLAND GROUPS OF MELANESIA | 37 |
CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF MELANESIA | 38 |
COLOUR PLATES | 52 |
SPECIES ACCOUNTS | 225 |
GAZETTEER | 427 |
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Birds of Melanesia: Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia Guy Dutson Podgląd niedostępny - 2020 |
Birds of Melanesia: Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia Guy Dutson Podgląd niedostępny - 2011 |
Birds of Melanesia: Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia Guy Dutson Podgląd niedostępny - 2011 |
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
bars birds Bismarcks black bill blackish Bougainville breast and belly breast-band Breeding adult Britain brown upperparts browner buff buffy Caledonia cm wingspan conservation status conservation status Fairly crown Cuckooshrike dark brown darker dull duller ear-coverts Efate endemic eye-ring Fantail feathers female flanks flight fringes grassland grey-brown greyer Guadalcanal Guinea habitats Habits Forest head Immature Imperial Pigeon Ireland islands IUCN Juvenile Kingfisher Kolombangara legs Lifou lower breast lowlands Makira Malaita male Melanesia Mk RI Mn Mu NI montane mottling Mu NI NB Mussau Myzomela NB Bv Gu neck open habitats Ouvéa pale grey perches Plate plumage primaries range Endemic rare Rennell rufous rump Shearwater similar species Differs similar species Distinctive slightly Solomons sometimes spots status Fairly common streaks subspecies supercilium Temotu threatened Uncommon underparts undertail-coverts underwing upper breast upperparts usually Vagrant Vanuatu vent Voice Vu Lo GT white underparts White-eye wing-bar wing-coverts wings and tail