Opis: National Birds of the World - Ron Toft

Birds are one of the most popular and visible forms of all wildlife and are inextricably linked with the development of human cultures all around the world. Over the years some of the most eye-catching species of bird have been officially or unofficially adopted by countries as symbols of their national identity; there are now almost 100 national birds spanning every imaginable group from condors to parrots, trogons to frigatebirds. Both a comprehensive listing and guide book, National BIrds provides a range of information from species data to how these birds have been used and abused through the ages. It recounts tales of how they came to be adopted and presents a wide range of official and cultural contexts where they appear from feathers in tribal costumes to stamps and currency. a lavish book... an enjoyable all-over-the-place experience Scotland Outdoors a superb new book...a highly entertaining and authoritative celebration of the various species adopted by some 100 or individual countries. Cage & Aviary Birds a valuable resource...as interesting to the traveler...or geography buff as it is to the amateur nature enthusiast or ardent twitcher. Well Read Naturalist browsable and beautifully illustrated Booklist This browsable and beautifully illustrated tour of the world's birds provides not only biological but cultural profiles of 100 birds. -- The Booklist The BooklistIntroduction Angola, Peregrine Falcon; Anguilla, Zenaida Dove; Antigua and Barbuda, Magnificent Frigatebird; Argentina, Rufous Hornero; Australia, Emu Dromaius; Austria, Barn Swallow; Bahamas, Caribbean Flamingo; Bahrain, White-cheeked Bulbul; Bangladesh, Oriental Magpie Robin; Belarus, White stork; Belgium, Common Kestrel; Belize, Keel-billed Toucan; Bermuda, Bermuda Petrel (cahow); Bhutan, Common Raven; Bolivia, Andean Condor; Botswana, Lilac-breasted Roller, Golden Eagle; Brazil, Rufous-bellied Thrush; British Virgin Islands, Mourning Dove; Burma, Burmese Peacock-Pheasant; Cambodia, Giant Ibis; Cayman Islands, Caribbean Amazon; Chile, Andean Condor; China, Red-crowned Crane; Colombia, Andean Condor; Costa Rica, Clay-coloured Thrush; C te D'Ivoire, White-cheeked Turaco; Cuba, Cuban Trogon; Denmark, Mute Swan; Dominica, Imperial Amazon; Dominican Republic, Palmchat; Ecuador, Andean Condor; El Salvador Turquoise-browed Motmot; Estonia, Barn Swallow; Faroe Islands, Eurasian Oystercatcher; Finland, Whooper Swan; France, Gallic Rooster (Red Jungle Fowl); Germany, White-tailed Eagle; Gibraltar, Barbary Partridge; Greece, Little Owl; Grenada, Grenada Dove; Guatemala, Resplendent Quetzal; Guyana, Hoatzin; Haiti, Hispaniolan Trogon; Honduras, Scarlet Macaw; Hungary, Great Bustard; Iceland, Gyrfalcon; India, Indian Peafowl; Indonesia, Javan Hawk-eagle; Iraq, Chukar Partridge; Israel, Hoopoe; Ireland, Winter Wren, European Robin; Jamaica, Red-billed Streamertail; Japan, Green Pheasant; Jordan, Sinai Rosefinch; Latvia, White Wagtail (Balt Cielava); Liberia, Common Bulbul; Lithuania, White Stork; Luxembourg, Goldcrest; Malawi, Bar-tailed Trogon; Mauritius, Dodo; Me Xico, Crested Caracara, Golden Eagle; Montserrat, Montserrat Oriole; Namibia, Crimson-breasted Shrike; Nepal, Himalayan Monal; New Zealand, North Island Brown Kiwi; Nicaragua, Turquoise-browed Motmot; Nigeria, Black Crowned Crane; Norway, White-throated Dipper; Pakistan, Chukar Partridge; Palestinian Territories, Palestine Sunbird (Proposed); Panama, Harpy Eagle; Papua New Guinea, Raggiana Bird-of-paradise; Paraguay, Bare-throated Bellbird; Peru, Andean Cock-of-the-rock; Philippines, Philippine Eagle; Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican Spindalis; Romania, Great White Pelican; Saint Helena, Saint Helena Plover; Saint Kitts and Nevis, Brown Pelican; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St Vincent Parrot; Scotland, Golden Eagle; Singapore, Crimson Sunbird; South Africa, Blue Crane; South Korea, Magpie; South Sudan, African Fish Eagle; Spain Spanish, Imperial Eagle; Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Junglefowl; Sudan, Secretary-bird; Swaziland, Purple-crested Turaco; Sweden, Common Blackbird; Thailand, Siamese Fireback; Trinidad and Tobago, Scarlet Ibis, Cocrico; Turkey, Redwing; Uganda, Grey Crowned-crane; United Kingdom, European Robin; United States, Bald Eagle; Venezuela, Troupial; Zambia, African Fish Eagle; Zimbabwe, African Fish Eagle References Glossary Index

Szczegóły: National Birds of the World - Ron Toft

Tytuł: National Birds of the World
Autor: Ron Toft
Producent: A
ISBN: 9781408178355
Rok produkcji: 2014
Ilość stron: 224
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 1.02 kg

Recenzje: National Birds of the World - Ron Toft