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240 p. : 27 cm, Offers a guide to some of the rarest birds in existence, with maps that show where to find them, Includes bibliographical references and index, Back from the brink : starting again with just a few survivors. California condor ; Kakapo ; Laysan duck ; Seychelles magpie-robin ; Crested ibis -- The perils of island living : many threatened birds are confined to small spaces. Ultramarine lorikeet ; Floreana mockingbird ; Kagu ; Junin grebe ; Bali myna -- Threats in many guises : peculiar ways to become threatened. Tristan albatross ; Black-eared miner ; Montserrat oriole ; Houbara bustard ; Colourful puffleg -- Migrants : the difficulties of protecting birds on the move. Aquatic warbler ; Nordmann's greenshank ; Northern bald ibis ; Kirtland's warbler ; Whooping crane -- Unexpected calamities : once common birds in sudden danger. White-rumped vulture ; Sooty falcon ; Regent honeyeater ; Red-legged kittiwake ; Lesser flamingo -- Lost causes? : optimism fades - or has gone completely. Spoon-billed sandpiper ; Brazilian merganser ; Philippine eagle ; Marvellous spatuletail ; Po'ouli -- Controversies : conservation is rarely a simple business. Spotted owl ; White-headed duc

Author

Couzens, Dominic

Publisher

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262015172

Subjects

Science, Stem