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Robert Tizard, Thet Zaw Naing, Geoffrey Davison - Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Myanmar, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Myanmar

Av Robert Tizard, Thet Zaw Naing, Geoffrey Davison

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An introductory identification guide to 280 birds found in the most frequently visited parts of Myanmar, with a further 100 related species referred to in the descriptions. The selection covers widespread, endemic and near-endemic species, as well as species that are rare and threatened in other parts of Asia but significant in Myanmar.High quality photographs from one of Myanmar's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, vegetation, opportunities for naturalists and the main sites for viewing the listed species. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the birds of Myanmar encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name as well as its vernacular name, its status in each state as well as its global IUCN status.
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Thet Zaw Naing is a birdwatcher and photographer. He is the Bird Coordinator of the Wildlife Conservation Society Myanmar Program, and has wide experience of the natural world in many parts of Myanmar. Rob Tizard is a Technical Advisor with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Myanmar Program. His interests include community-based, natural resource management and the design and implementation of biodiversity conservation strategies in Myanmar.Dr Geoffrey Davison has spent all his working life in Southeast Asia, working in teaching, conservation and the environment. His interests range across ornithology, taxonomy and forest ecology, with numerous publications about birds and wildlife in the region, including A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Malaysia and Wild Malaysia, both published by John Beaufoy Publishing.

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"This pocket-sized guide is a brave addition to the John Beaufoy list.....What a disaster it would be to mankind if we were to lose suchbeautiful birds. The book finishes with a superb 20-pageChecklist of species, each with a status and threat category, and a list for further reading and information.Thoroughly recommended." (Richard Sale in IBIS, the International Journal for Avian Science 2024)

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