Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Species Covered; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Format of the Species Accounts; Introduction; What Are Tubenoses?; Ocean Habitats; Current Systems; Thermoclines, Upwelling, and Fronts; Habitat Associations; Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Vagrancy; Taxonomy and an Identification Framework; Family Procellariidae: Petrels; Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses; Family Hydrobatidae: Northern Storm-Petrels; Family Oceanitidae: Southern Storm-Petrels; Field Identification of Tubenoses; Age, Sex, Individual, and Geographic Variation; Flight Manner |
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Environmental FactorsAppearance and Topography; Molts, Plumages, and Aging; How to See Tubenoses; Conservation; Threats to Seabirds; Seabirds as Indicators; Species Accounts; Abbreviations and Terminology; Appendices; Appendix A. Recently Extinct Species; Appendix B. Hypothetical Records; Literature Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; M; O; P; S; T |
Summary |
Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels are among the most beautiful yet least known of all the world's birds, living their lives at sea far from the sight of most people. Largely colored in shades of gray, black, and white, these enigmatic and fast-flying seabirds can be hard to differentiate, particularly from a moving boat. Useful worldwide, not just in North America, this photographic guide is based on unrivaled field experience and combines insightful text and hundreds of full-color images to help you identify these remarkable birds. The first book of its kind, this guide features an intr |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Petrels -- North America -- Identification
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Albatrosses -- North America -- Identification
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Storm petrels -- North America -- Identification
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Procellariiformes -- North America -- Identification
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Procellariidae -- Identification
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Procellariidae -- Pictorial works
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NATURE -- Regional.
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Albatrosses
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Petrels
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Procellariidae
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Procellariiformes
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Storm petrels
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North America
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Genre/Form |
Field guides
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Pictorial works
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Patteson, J. Brian
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Sutherland, Kate (Bird watcher)
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Shearwater, Debra
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LC no. |
2011003912 |
ISBN |
9781400839629 |
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1400839629 |
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