Field guide to Birds of Melanesia: Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia

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Guy Dutson

Field guide to Birds of Melanesia

Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia

Guy Dutson

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Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd
01 January 2012

Birds (ornithology); Wildlife: birds & birdwatching

Series: Helm Field Guides

The perfect guide to the birds of Melanesia - New Caledonia, the Solomons, the Bismarcks and Vanuatu.

Written by leading ornithologist Guy Dutson, this Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarcks to Vanuatu. This is an increasingly popular destination for tours and travellers, and one that has never before had complete field-guide coverage.

For anyone travelling to this Pacific region, this book is an indispensable birdwatching guide.

Species accounts include 650 superb illustrations allied with concise written information to aid quick and accurate identification. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia.

By: Guy Dutson
Imprint: Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 965g
ISBN: 9780713665406
ISBN 10: 0713665408
Series: Helm Field Guides
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 January 2012
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction Melanesian Ornithology Birdwatching in Melanesia Conservation Using the Plates and Species Texts Island Groups of Melanesia Checklist of the Birds of Melanesia Colour Plates (1-86) Species Accounts Gazetteer Index

Guy Dutson is an ornithologist and tour-leader, and is the world's leading authority on the birds of the south-west Pacific, a region in which he has described or rediscovered several species. He has led expeditions to the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, in the course of which he rediscovered the Superb Pitta on Manus. Expeditions to Indonesia and the Philippines led to the rediscovery of the Tanahjampea Monarch and the find for which he is perhaps best known, the Cebu Flowerpecker. In 2008 Dutson described a new species, the Vanikoro White-eye.