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The Birds of Paradise: Paradisaeidae (Bird Families of the World #6)
Current price:
$286.00
Publication Date: September 10th, 1998
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
9780198548539
Pages:
680
Description
Birds of paradise have long played a central part in human mythologies and captured the imagination of collectors, scientists, and naturalists. Birds of Paradise provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date, and scientifically accurate overview of the behavior, biology, ecology, biogeography, and history of the most ornate and dramatic group of birds on earth. The book is lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned color depictions of all 42 species of birds of paradise and original line drawings of many behaviors never before recorded, as well as numerous maps and graphs. This stunning book will delight a wide range of readers, from professional ornithologists to amateur naturalists.
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