The Tanagers. Natural History, Distribution, and Identification Natural History, Distribution, and Identification.The Tanagers
| TITLE | : | The Tanagers. Natural History, Distribution, and Identification |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.61 (998 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0874745535 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| PAGES | : | 406 Pages |
| PUBLISH | : | 1999-03-17 |
| GENRE | : |
The Tanagers. Natural History, Distribution, and Identification
EDITORIAL :
The tanagers of the Western Hemisphere, write ornithologists Morton and Phyllis Isler, belong to a rather fluid category of birds known as the "nine-primaried oscines," songbirds whose tiny outermost wing primary is concealed. That category includes many kinds of birds--cardinals, buntings, and warblers among them--and, the Islers suggest, the old taxonomies simply will not do. Even so, for the time being tanagers enjoy separate status as a monophyletic group, and one interesting enough to warrant not only birdwatchers' attention, but also the authors' compilation of this thoroughgoing reference book. It takes in some 240 fructivorous and insectivorous species distributed widely in space, from Alaska to southern Chile, offering detailed notes on their habitat, behavior, range, breeding habits, and vocalizations. Some tanager species, the authors explain, are intensely localized; Orche
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