The Birds of Sulawesi

Field / Identification Guide World / Checklist Out of Print

Series: Images of Asia Series

By: Derek Holmes

120 pages, 142 col & 22 b/w illus

Publisher: Oxford University Press South-East Asia

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ISBN: 9789835600050 Hardback Dec 1996 Out of Print #57650

About this book Contents

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About this book

This is the first book to describe and illustrate the birds of Sulawesi. Of the 278 species found there, 161 species are described in the book; with brief references to another 88. A complete checklist is also included.

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Grebes; Frigatebirds; Cormorants; Boobies; Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns; Storks and Ibises; Bird of Prey; Ducks; Megapodes; Crakes and Rails; Jacanas; Shorebirds; Stilts; Thick-knees; Terns; Pigeons and Doves; Parrots; Cuckoos; Owls; Nightjars; Swifts; Kingfishers; Bee-eaters; Rollers; Hornbills; Woodpeckers; Pittas; Swallows; Wagtails and Pipits; Cuckoo-shrikes and Trillers; Bulbuls; Thrushes; Bablers; Malia and Geomalia; Warblers; Flycatchers; Whistlers; Flowerpeckers; Sunbirds; White-eyes; Honeyeaters; Sparrows, Munias, and Finches; Starlings and Mynas; Orioles; Drongoes; Wood-swallows; Crows; Appendix; Further Reading; Index to Genera. Systematic Section