DK-American Museum of Natural History Birds of North Ameri

Format Hardback | 752 pages

Dimensions 224 x 283 x 48mm | 2,818g

Publication date 10 Nov 2020

Publisher DK

Imprint Dorling Kindersley

Language English

Edition Revised

Edition Statement Revised edition

ISBN10 0744020530

ISBN13 9780744020533

Product De*ion

Ideal for the armchair bird enthusiast or dedicated bird watcher, this book includes stunning full-color photographs revealing 657 individual species with unrivaled clarity. The 550 most commonly seen birds are pictured with plumage variations, and images of subspecies and information on similar birds are provided to make differentiation easy, from game birds and waterfowl to shorebirds and swifts to owls, flycatchers, finches, and more. You can even discover which species to expect when and where with up-to-date, color-coded maps highlighting habitation and migratory patterns.

Written by a team of more than 30 birders and ornithologists with expertise in particular species or families, and produced in association with the American Museum of Natural History, this updated and refreshed edition ofAmerican Museum of Natural History Birds of North America is the ultimate photographic guide to every bird species in the United States and Canada.

Review

"A massive, authoritative reference book that belongs in every birder's library." BookPage

"[A] massive and spectacular photographic guide: what Audubon would have done if he had used a camera." Harvard Magazine"

About the Author

Editor-in-chief Francois Vuilleumier has a long association with the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, having served first as the Chairman of the Department of Ornithology before becoming a Curator Emeritus. He is the author of 250 papers and one book and once taught ornithology at the College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. His research has taken him all over the world, with a focus on South America, allowing him to watch birds from the Canadian High Arctic to Mexico; his life list numbers around 4,000 species. He lives in Piermont, NY.