Birds of the World (Eyewitness Handbooks) -- The Visual Guide to More Than 800 Species, Covering the Entire Range of Bird Families

Greensmith, Alan / Colin Harrison

ISBN 10: 1564582965 / ISBN 13: 9781564582966

Published by Dorling Kindersley, U.S.A., 1993

About this Item

Hard Cover -- VG/VG -- Book and dust jacket are clean and bright -- 416 pages with index and color photography/illustrations throughout -- Later printing with original price of 29.95 present.

Seller Inventory # 316672

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Birds of the World (Eyewitness Handbooks) -- The Visual Guide to More Than 800 Species, Covering the Entire Range of Bird Families
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1564582965
• ISBN 13: 9781564582966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Shows and describes more than 800 species, and provides information on distribution, characteristics, and behavior

About the Author

Dr. Colin Harrison has spent over 45 years studying birds. In 1960 he joined the Natural History Museum in London, where he gained his doctorate while studying birds from around the world. The author of several books and over 250 scientific papers, he is an internationally acknowledged authority on the evolution and classification of birds. Alan Greensmith is a birdwatcher and traveler who has personally seen over 7,000 species. In addition to writing about the birds of his home country, Surrey, England, he has also given lectures on birds and has led field trips to Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Guatemala, and Mexico.