8040 livres sur les oiseaux.

The Origin and Evolution of Birds
de Alan Feduccia (Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300078617
29.47 € / 193.31 FF
This monumental book is a comprehensive and profusely illustrated exploration of all that is known about the origin of birds and of avian flight. Alan Feduccia, a leading ornithologist and evolutionary biologist, draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present current knowledge and fresh data on avian evolution and to propose a major new model of this evolutionary process.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia: Including the Philippines Borneo
de Morten Strange (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691114943
27.05 € / 177.44 FF
This is the very first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of mainland Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Borneo, including the birds of Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Indochina, South China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Covering 668 species, the volume contains a distribution map for each species in addition to more than 700 brilliant color photographs, many appearing here for the first time. The photographs are complemented by a concise text providing all the information needed to...

Fly Eagle Fly
de Sally Moorer, James Rogers (Ed. Arrowhead Classics Limited) Isbn : 1885640757
20.85 € / 136.77 FF
This is the story of Faith and Strength, two beautiful, majestic American eagles and their struggle to find a home for their family. It is also the story of a man, touched by the sight of an eagle soaring overhead and the promise he made to one day help rescue the eagle from the endangered species list. This story of hope and promise will fill your heart with joy. You will be encouraged by this book for children of all ages. From toddler to senior citizens this story will prove that dreams that are followed by action can come true. This book also includes an interactive CD for your computer and CD player.

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Birds: Raptors to Lapwings
de Stephen Marchant (Ed. OUP Australia and New Zealand) Isbn : 0195530691
99.99 € / 655.89 FF
This is the second volume of one of the most exciting projects in Australasian ornithology today. The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds provides an up-to-date and comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge of all birds found in the region. These volumes will have an enormous impact on the direction of future research and the conservation of Australasian and Antarctic birds, as much by showing what we do not know as by summarizing what we do. Volume 2 focuses on 119 species. Each entry includes information on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements, food, social organization, social behavior, voice, breeding, and plumages. These accounts include illustrations of behavioral postures and plumage features, maps showing breeding and non-breeding...

Birds of Western and Central Africa
de Ber Van Perlo (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691007144
25.52 € / 167.4 FF
This is the only pocket guide to all the species of bird known to inhabit Western and Central Africa. Ber van Perlo introduces more than 1,500 species through 109 expertly rendered full-color plates and concise, easy-to-consult entries. The territory covered is vast--nearly 2,500 miles down the coast and over 1,000 miles inland, including not only Senegal, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo but all or part of Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad,...

Birds of Eastern Africa
de Ber Van Perlo (Ed. Harpercollins Pub Ltd) Isbn : 0002199378
23.67 € / 155.27 FF
This is the only pocket guide to all the known birds of eastern Africa, an area nearly half the size of the contiguous United States and including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Yemen's Socotra Island. Drawing on almost two decades of visits to the region, Ber van Perlo offers a concise reference whose 96 color plates and accompanying text describe all 1,487 species birders might see, including some of the most colorful anywhere on earth--from ostriches to albatrosses, boobies and cormorants to vultures, lovebirds, parrots, parakeets, cuckoos, kingfishers, bee-eaters, starlings, waxbills, weavers, and many more. Each plate illustrates similar species and subspecies while the facing pages feature precise, pithy entries summing up physical traits, behavior, habitat,...

Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palaearctic : Old World Flycatchers to Shrikes
de Stanley Cramp (Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0198575106
53.29 € / 349.56 FF
This is the ninth and final volume of the complete work. It contains 61 comprehensive species descriptions, with sections devoted to field characteristics, habitat, distribution, mortality, population, movements, food, social patterns and behavior, breeding, voice, plumages, moults, measurements, weights, structure, and geographical variation. Species include: Passeriforms, Parulidae New World Wood-Warblers, Thraupidae Tanagers, Emberizinae Buntings and allies, Cardinalinae Cardinal-Grosbeaks and allies, Icteridae New World Blackbirds and allies, Orioles and allies, and additional species.

Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe
de E. Nicholas Arnold (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691114137
32.33 € / 212.07 FF
This is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best-illustrated guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Europe. Never has such a volume covered nearly as many species or as broad a geographical area. All 198 known species, including some that were recently discovered or distinguished, are described through 330 superb illustrations on 49 color plates and thoroughly informative text. In these pages you will find every salamander, newt, tree frog, toad, tortoise, turtle, terrapin, gecko, agama, lizard, chameleon, slow worm, skink, amphisbaenian, and snake found not only on the continent and the British Isles but on the European Atlantic islands (the Canaries, Madeira, and the Azores) and on the Greek islands off the coast of Asiatic Turkey. Among the highlights are the Majorcan midwife toad,...

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India: And the Indian Subcontinent-Including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives
de Bikram Grewal, Bill Harvey (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 069111496X
27.05 € / 177.44 FF
This is the most comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of India and the Indian subcontinent. Never before have so many of the region's species been illustrated in one book. The brilliant photographs--most of which appear here for the first time--have been carefully selected to show not only the most common Passerine and non-Passerine species, but also more elusive species and distinctive subspecies. An up-to-date distribution map and a unique code indicating frequency and global status...

Butterflies of Europe
de Tom Tolman (Ed. ) Isbn : 0691090742
25.52 € / 167.4 FF
This is the most comprehensive field guide to the butterflies of Europe. The magnificent color illustrations and succinct entries cover all 440 species across, and sometimes beyond, the continent--from Lapland to North Africa, from the British Isles to Portugal to Greece, from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus. Completely up-to-date, the book includes dozens of species absent in earlier guides and covers the Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira, and the Aegean Islands, home to several butterflies...