Being a Bird in North America, North of Mexico: Waterfowl to shorebirds

Résumé du livre

"A new kind of book for anyone interested in birds: Custom-drawn cartoons from 15 artists; Well-researched and properly cited and referenced species accounts featuring interesting aspects of each native breeding species, such as their tricks for survival, real problems they face in nature or because of humans, ecology, birding considerations, unanswered questions, and much more; Global distribution maps; NatureServe conservation status ranks: global, Canada, U.S., Mexico; Spanish bird names for use in Mexico published for the first time. Also French names; Taxonomy, nomenclature, and species ordering as per the American Ornithologists' Union (Chesser 2014); Photos from biologists conducting field work; Focus on "North America" as defined by the American Birding Association (ABA); Prosaic gems from Arthur Cleveland Bent's Life Histores of North American Birds books series; An appendix that complates the list and status of North American birds." --back cover.