Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics

by Thane K. Pratt, Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K Pratt

New Guinea, the largest tropical island, supports a spectacular bird fauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds. Of the nearly 800 species of birds recorded from New Guinea, more than 350 are found nowhere else on Earth. This comprehensive annotated checklist of distribution, taxonomy, and systematics of the birds of New Guinea is the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069116424X
• ISBN13: 9780691164243
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.1" x 9.6"