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Author Sandrock, James

Title The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest
Published Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2014
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages)
Series Bur Oak Guide
Bur Oak guide.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Birds; Biographies; Selected Bibliography; Index of Common Names; Index of Species Names
Summary The translation and explanation of genus and species names yield markers to help us identify birds in the field as well as remember distinctive traits. Having a basic understanding of the scientific and common names of birds reveals insights into their color, behavior, habitat, or geography. Knowing that Cyanocitta means "blue chatterer" and cristata means "crested, tufted" or that Anas means "a duck" and clypeata means "armed with a shield" tells you just about everything you need to identify a Blue Jay or a Northern Shoveler. In this portable reference book, James Sandrock and Jean Prior exp
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Birds -- Middle West -- Nomenclature
Birds -- Middle West -- Nomenclature (Popular)
NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
NATURE -- General.
Birds
Middle West
Genre/Form Terminology
Form Electronic book
Author Prior, Jean C
ISBN 9781609382605
1609382609