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Brewer, David (Ornithologist)
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Birds.
Birds -- Classification.
Birds -- Identification.
Ornithology -- History.
Discoveries in science -- History.
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Brewer, David (Ornithologist)
Birds.
Birds -- Classification.
Birds -- Identification.
Ornithology -- History.
Discoveries in science -- History.
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Birds new to science :
fifty
years
of
avian
discoveries
/ David Brewer.
by
Brewer, David (Ornithologist)
Christopher Helm, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Call #:
598 B847b
Subjects
Birds.
Birds -- Classification.
Birds -- Identification.
Ornithology -- History.
Discoveries
in science -- History.
ISBN:
9781472906281
1472906284
Alternate title:
Fifty
years
of
avian
discoveries
Description:
415 p. : ill. (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-404) and index.
Scope of the book -- Glossary -- The concept of species -- Description of the world's birds : an historical perspective -- Species accounts -- Future new species -- Invalid species -- Future
discoveries
-- The ethics of collecting -- Conservation issues.
Summary:
"Amazing as it might sound, ornithologists are still discovering several bird species each year that are completely new to science. These aren't all obscure brown birds on tiny islands--witness the bizarre Bare-faced Bulbul from Laos (2009), spectacular Araripe Manakin from Brazil (1998), or gaudy Bugun Liocichla from north-east India (2006). Birds New to Science documents more than half a century of these remarkable
discoveries
, covering around 300 species. Each account includes the story of discovery, a brief description of the bird (many with accompanying photographs), and details of what is known about its biology, range and conservation status. Birds New to Science is a rich reference to an incredible era of adventure in ornithology."--Page 4 of cover.
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