Hummingbirds (eBook)

A Celebration of Nature's Jewels

Glenn Bartley, Andy Swash (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2022
288 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22560-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A stunningly illustrated guide to the wonderful world of hummingbirdsWith their glorious colors, glittering iridescence, astonishing powers of flight, and many characteristics unique in the world of birds, hummingbirds are extraordinary-true jewels of nature. This beautiful book is a celebration of all aspects of hummingbirds and their world. It features hundreds of the most spectacular photographs of hummingbirds ever taken, exquisite illustrations, and a lively, readable text that presents the latest scientific information and includes up-to-date details about every species.A familiar sight across much of the Americas, hummingbirds have long captured the imagination and played an important part in myths, legends, and other aspects of human culture. Today, hummingbirds are among the most popular of all birds, sought after by serious and casual birders alike. They inspire questions in anyone lucky enough to see them. How can they fly like that? Why are they so colorful? How many are there? Where and how do they live? How do they survive? This book answers these and many other questions, providing an enlightening and enjoyable guide to hummingbirds that can only deepen their wonder.A definitive yet accessible account of all aspects of hummingbird lifeMore than 540 spectacular color photographs, illustrating all 101 hummingbird genera and over two-thirds of the world's 369 speciesSpecially commissioned illustrations revealing details of anatomy and behaviorMeticulously researched facts and figures on status, population, distribution, and conservation designations of all the world's hummingbirds

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.7.2022
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Co-Autor: Rob Hume, Christopher J. Sharpe, Robert Still
• Illustrationen: Jeanne Melchels
• Vorwort: Patricia Zurita
• Zusatzinfo: 550 color photos. 25 color + 57 b/w illus. 7 charts. 9 tables. 373 maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: Amazilia • Amazon Basin • Amethyst woodstar • Andes • Anna's Hummingbird • Apodiformes • archaeology • Bee hummingbird • biodiversity • bird • birdlife international • Black-backed thornbill • Black jacobin • Black-tailed trainbearer • Bolivia • Brace's emerald • Bronzy hermit • Brown violetear • Central America • cloud forest • Costa Rica • Crimson topaz • Critically endangered • Data deficient • deforestation • Dynamical system • Ecuador • Endangered Species • Feather • female • Festive coquette • Flight feather • forest protection • forestry • Giant hummingbird • Gorgeted puffleg • Gorgeted woodstar • Green hermit • Grey-bellied comet • Grey-breasted sabrewing • Heliangelus • Heliconia • Hillstar • Honduran emerald • hummingbird • Indigo-capped hummingbird • insect • Invertebrate • Iridescence • Keratin • Long-billed hermit • Long-tailed sylph • Magnificent frigatebird • Mammal • Marvellous spatuletail • Melanin • Melanosome • Nectar source • North America • On the Issues • Ornithology • Ownership • parking lot • photography • Pigment • plumage • Puffleg • Purple-backed thornbill • Purple-crowned fairy • Rainforest • Red-billed streamertail • Royal sunangel • Ruby-throated Hummingbird • Ruby-topaz hummingbird • Rufous-breasted hermit • Rufous hummingbird • Rufous-tailed hummingbird • Sabrewing • Sexual Dimorphism • Short-crested coquette • South America • Sparkling violetear • Sphingidae • Sunbird • SWIFT • thermodynamics • Threnetes • Torpor • Toucan • Treeswift • Tufted coquette • Tyrian metaltail • Violet sabrewing • Violet-throated metaltail • White-bellied woodstar • White-necked jacobin • White-tailed hillstar • White-tailed sabrewing • White-tipped sicklebill • Woodnymph
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22560-5 / 0691225605
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22560-9 / 9780691225609