Antbirds & Ovenbirds: Their Lives and Homes - Brossura

Skutch, Alexander F.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0292777051 ISBN 13: 9780292777057

Casa editrice: Univ of Texas Pr, 1996

Riassunto

Antbirds and ovenbirds, two of the five largest families of birds found only in the Western Hemisphere, have been among Alexander Skutch's favorites for more than six decades. In this book, he draws on years of observations to describe the life cycle of these fascinating birds, which inhabit Latin America from tropical Mexico to Tierra del Fuego.
Skutch covers all aspects of the birds' lives, including the various species in each family, food and foraging, daily life, voice, displays and courtship, nests and incubation, and parental care. He also recounts anecdotes from his own experiences, creating vivid pictures of antbirds foraging for the insects Skutch stirs up on walks through the rainforest and of ovenbirds repairing the observation holes that he opens in their elaborate nests.
As some of tropical America's least studied birds, antbirds and oven birds surely merit the extensive treatment given them here by one of our most distinguished senior ornithologists. Over fifty line drawings by noted bird artist Dana Gardner make this book a delight for both armchair and field naturalists.

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• Editore: Univ of Texas Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0292777051
• ISBN 13: 9780292777057
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 290
• Disegnatore: Gardner Dana