Synopsis
Presents a total of 9,800 species of birds; each is given its scientific name and its best-known English name. This is followed by a full listing of all recognized subspecies and brief descriptions of their ranges. Each entry has a space to record the locations and dates of individual sightings.
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John W. Fitzpatrick is the Louis Agassiz Fuertes Director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University.
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"This book contains the birds' common and scientific names and regional distributions. If offers a comprehensive list of birds living today, organized by taxonomical family. Space is provided for the readers to record the location and date of individual sightings. Also included are a list of extinct species, a country-by-country directory to where the birds live, and references for the various bird families. Forewords by Jared Diamond and Anthony W. White."―Science News
"Two of the great names of bird study: Clements and Cornell. The world of birders will benefit from the fruits of this new collaboration this book is great news for all of us."―Peter Kaestner, the third-ranked birder in the world
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th . This book is the official world checklist of the American Birding Association. Now in its 5th edition, it covers subspecies for the first time. A total of approximately 9,800 species of birds is treated in this completely revised volume. Each species is given its scientific name and its best known English name, followed by a full listing of all currently recognised subspecies and brief descriptions of their ranges. Seller Inventory # FF0852
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. 5th Edition. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. No illustrations present. Light rubbing to board and spine edges. Text block grubby & browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! Seller Inventory # 1817600
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2000. NOT SOLD internationally unless extra postage is paid. VERY GOOD with a VERY GOOD dust-jacket apart from the smallest amount of creasing/marks/bumping to edges. This is a heavy boo which will need extra postage if allowed. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 230 x 150mm. 887 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Animals & Birds; Birds; ISBN: 1873403933. ISBN/EAN: 9781873403938. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 15936. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Seller Inventory # 15936
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Clean blue boards, with gilt titles to spine and superb colour illustrated map endpapers. Some tape repairs to DW, but an otherwise tight, bright and clean copy with no inscriptions and an unclipped DW. Features 9,800 species of birds, as well as indexes to both scientific and English names, and many other helpful sources. 867pp. (22.5x29cm). Please contact us for any more information. ***HEAVY please contact us for revised P&P costs***. Seller Inventory # 3413
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