By Paul A. Johnsgard
Publish yr note: First released in 1983, first edition.
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Swift and iridescent, hummingbirds are came upon basically within the New global, and surround an grand number of specializations. No different kinfolk of birds can lay declare to such a lot of superlatives, together with smallest measurement, so much fast wingbeat, and such a lot really expert plumages. whereas many species will be drawn to feeding stations and yard flower gardens, others are available purely within the wild.
Paul A. Johnsgard's Hummingbirds of North America is the single publication dedicated to the identity, distribution, and biology -- either person and comparative -- of all hummingbirds that breed in North the US. First released in 1983, this acclaimed quantity now has been revised and extended to incorporate twenty-five Mexican species, corresponding to the long-billed starthroat and the fork-tailed emeralds, thereby greater than doubling the species assurance of the unique version. complete species-by-species money owed survey the evolutionary background, anatomical and physiological specializations, and comparative ecology, habit, and reproductive biology of this greatest relations of nonpasserine birds. person debts are complemented via 24 full-color paintings.
Including up to date variety maps, id keys, and a bibliography that has been broadened to incorporate literature at the little-known Mexican species, the ebook is either obtainable to novice birders and an authoritative quantity for ornithologists.
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