Toucans, Barbets, and Honeyguides

Toucans, Barbets, and Honeyguides

Einband:
Fester Einband
EAN:
9780198546665
Untertitel:
Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae
Genre:
Biologie
Autor:
Lester Short, Jennifer Horne
Herausgeber:
Oxford Academic
Anzahl Seiten:
550
Erscheinungsdatum:
08.11.2001
ISBN:
978-0-19-854666-5

Covers the life history, relationships, biology and conservation of all the world's toucans, barbets and honeyguides.

Klappentext
This book covers in unmatched detail the life history, relationships, biology, and conservation of all the world's toucans, barbets, and honeyguides. These number 133 species, found in tropical regions around the world. The toucans are especially well-known because of their dramatic bills and their association with the Amazon rainforest. The authors have been working with these birds for over 20 years, and their knowledge and expertise in these groups is unrivalled. Much of the information in this book has never previously been published. The color plates, painted by well-known US artist Albert Earl Gilbert, are probably the best paintings of these birds ever produced.

Zusammenfassung
This superbly illustrated book covers in unmatched deatil the life history, relationships, biology and conservation of all the world's toucans, barbets and honeyguides. The colour plates, painted by well- known American artist Albert Earl Gilbert, are probably the best paintings of these birds ever produced.

Inhalt
List of colour plates; List of abbreviations; Plan of the book and notes on the species accounts; Topographical diagram of a toucanet; Part 1: General Chapters; 1. Barbets, toucans and honeyguides - the birds, their relationships and evolution; 2. Distribution and habitats; 3. Foods and feeding behaviour; 4. Movements, drinking, roosting, display, sociality and interspecific behaviour; 5. Breeding behaviour: preliminaries to nesting; 6. Breeding and aspects of life cycle; 7. Honeyguides; Part 2: Species Accounts; References; Glossary; Index


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