Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World [Signed by Thomas Lovejoy] [Thomas Lovejoy's copy]

Hancock, James A., James A. Kushlan, and M. Philip Kahl [Thomas Lovejoy's copy]

ISBN 10: 0121373045 / ISBN 13: 9780121373047

Published by Academic Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, London, 1992

About this Item

Oversized hardcover with DJ. Green cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. Binding clean, square and tight. Mostly-green pictorial DJ glossy and bright with lightly bumped corners. Sticker residue at foot of spine. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1992. 385 pages. Color illustrations throughout. Pages clean and bright with no marks or tears. Thomas Lovejoy signed FFE. This book is from the collection of Thomas Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy was an influential ecologist, field biologist, and activist; former head of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, World Wildlife Fund, and advisor to the United Nations and Smithsonian Institution. He is credited with introducing the term biological diversity to the mainstream environmental movement. In addition, he was a passionate collector of books on the natural world. He died in 2021 and we are very excited to present a selection of his books. Please browse the entire catalogue here on ABE or contact us for instructions on how to get to it.

Seller Inventory # Lovejoy-422

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World [Signed by Thomas Lovejoy] [Thomas Lovejoy's copy]
• Publisher: Academic Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, London
• Publication Date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0121373045
• ISBN 13: 9780121373047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Lovejoy

About this title

Synopsis

This definitive and authoritative volume covers the first 312 of the 1,200 or so passerine species which occur in continental Africa and the outlying islands. As in the first three volumes, each breeding species receives full coverage with sections on range and status, description, voice, general habits, food, and breeding biology. Non-breeding visitors are treated more briefly. The text concentrates on the bird's status and biology while in Africa. Range maps are given for each bird and super species maps are shown where appropriate. Large color plates, illustrated by Martin Woodcock, show the birds and adopt a more formal, field-guide style to emphasize the identification points of the more difficult groups. Ian Willis' line drawings elaborate on displays and patterns of behavior described in the text. The beauty and scholarship of this now standard reference on African birds must ensure it a place on every ornithologist's bookshelf.

From the Back Cover

By far the most authoritative and comprehensive work ever published on the birds of Africa. The Editors and artists have worked closely with the 16 authors of this volume - all internationally acknowledged experts on their bird families - to produce encyclopaedic accounts of each species.
This volume completes the non-passerines, dealing with all species occurring on the continent - residents and visitors alike - in the following familes: parrots, turacos, cuckoos, owls, nightjars, swifts, colies, kingfishers and their allies, and woodpeckers and their allies. All are illustrated, and all known biological information is included. The passerines (songbirds) will be covered in four forthcoming volumes, already in preparation.