A field guide to the birds of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific /

This is the first field guide to the identification of the birds of the islands of the tropical Pacific, including the Hawaiian Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, southeastern Polynesia, and Micronesia. It is intended both as a reference for the expert and as an introduction to birding in the region for t...

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Glavni autor: Pratt, H. Douglas (Harold Douglas), 1944-
Daljnji autori: Bruner, Phillip L., Berrett, Delwyn G., 1935-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1987.
Online pristup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.3716016
Sadržaj:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Color Plates and Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • List of Abbreviations
  • I. How to Use this Book
  • Color Plates
  • Species Accounts
  • Scientific Names
  • Taxonomy
  • English Names
  • Other Pacific Languages
  • New Island Names
  • Terminology
  • II. A Birder's -Eye view of the Tropical Pacific
  • Continental vs. Oceanic Islands
  • Kinds of Oceanic Islands
  • Tropical Pacific Habitats
  • Island Birding
  • Conservation
  • III. "Species Accounts
  • Appendix A. Hypothetical,Enigmatic,and Temporarily Established Species
  • Appendix B. Regional Checklists
  • 1. Hawaiian Islands
  • 2. Micronesia (High Islands only)
  • 3. Central Pacific Islands
  • 4. Central Polynesia
  • 5. Southeastern Polynesia
  • 6. Fiji
  • Appendix C. Regional Maps
  • Hawaiian Islands
  • Micronesia
  • Central Pacific
  • South-Central Pacific
  • Southeastern Polynesia
  • Palau
  • Mariana Islands
  • Truk
  • Samoa
  • Fiji
  • Tonga
  • Cook Islands
  • Society Islands
  • Marquesas Islands
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Plates.