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008			100507s2010 mauab b 001 0 eng
010			_a2010017197
020			_a026201517X (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9780262015172 (hardcover : alk. paper)
029	1		_aAU@ _b000046453262
035			_a(OCoLC)609541924
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dC#P _dYAM _dCDX _dILC _dNFG
049			_aNFGA
092			_a598.168 _bC872
100	1		_aCouzens, Dominic. _9131947
245	1	0	_aAtlas of rare birds / _cDominic Couzens.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bMIT Press, _cc2010.
300			_a240 p. : _bill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; _c27 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aBack from the brink : starting again with just a few survivors. California condor ; Kakapo ; Laysan duck ; Seychelles magpie-robin ; Crested ibis -- The perils of island living : many threatened birds are confined to small spaces. Ultramarine lorikeet ; Floreana mockingbird ; Kagu ; Junin grebe ; Bali myna -- Threats in many guises : peculiar ways to become threatened. Tristan albatross ; Black-eared miner ; Montserrat oriole ; Houbara bustard ; Colourful puffleg -- Migrants : the difficulties of protecting birds on the move. Aquatic warbler ; Nordmann's greenshank ; Northern bald ibis ; Kirtland's warbler ; Whooping crane -- Unexpected calamities : once common birds in sudden danger. White-rumped vulture ; Sooty falcon ; Regent honeyeater ; Red-legged kittiwake ; Lesser flamingo -- Lost causes? : optimism fades - or has gone completely. Spoon-billed sandpiper ; Brazilian merganser ; Philippine eagle ; Marvellous spatuletail ; Po'ouli -- Controversies : conservation is rarely a simple business. Spotted owl ; White-headed duck ; Grenada dove ; Gurney's pitta ; Spix's macaw -- Discoveries : some unexpected ways to discover new species. Algerian nuthatch ; Nechisar nightjar ; Hooded grebe ; Udzungwa forest partridge ; Araripe manakin -- Rediscoveries : missing birds are found again. Noisy scrub-bird ; Forest owlet ; New Zealand storm-petrel ; Bruijn's brush-turkey ; Madagascar pochard -- The pending tray : are they out there, or not? Long-whiskered owlet ; Night parrot ; Pink-headed duck ; White-eyed river martin ; Ivory-billed woodpecker.
520			_aOffers a guide to some of the rarest birds in existence, with maps that show where to find them.
650		0	_aRare birds _xGeographical distribution. _9177919
650		0	_aRare birds. _9177920
942			_cBOOK _03
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