Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World

by Barry Taylor

Rarely seen and poorly known, rails can be found throughout the world, absent only from polar regions, completely waterless deserts, and mountains above the snow line. This secretive and intriguing family of birds occupies a diverse range of habitats, from forests to wetlands, grasslands, and even scrub-covered remote oceanic islands and coral cays. Barry Taylor and Ber van Perlo have described and illustrated 145 species of rails, including two that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300077580
• ISBN13: 9780300077582
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 3.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 2 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher