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Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos (Handbooks of the Birds of the World)

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you will be hard pressed to find a more thorough account of these bird families, and even groups like the Columbiformes and Psittaciformes that are highly varied in behaviour and morphology etc are given a well rounded overview. the introductory discussion on general characteristics of the family provides details about the general biology (natural history, diets, breeding cycles and population dynamics, ecology etc.), and their interactions with humans (persecution and propagation etc.) among other concepts. as with the other books in the series, all described species and subspecies are illustrated and a field-guide style blurb is offered on each (covering physical features, abundance and distribution and any particulars about their biology like diet, reproduction etc.).
this is a great book and anyone with any kind of ornithological interest (even just a pet parrot) will find something of value in this book - Get a copy!

My name is Per Bergman and I'm interested in parrots and when I need to get some information about a specific parrot, I haven't found a better lexicon to look for untill I find this book .In this book you can look by name, in several different languages including scientific language. If you dont have the name, you are able to find the right bird by looking on the very nice and well done pictures in the book.And it is very easy to find in the lexicon, it's easy to look in and the text is sharp and exact.Even if you have access to the internet, you hardly can be without this eminnent lexicon A very nice jobb indeed.