
Extinct Birds
Julian P. Hume(Author)
Bloomsbury Natural History (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 24. August 2017
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-1-4729-3744-5 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction.
Extinct Birds was the first comprehensive review of the hundreds of the bird species and subspecies that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. It has become the standard text on this subject, covering both familiar icons of extinction as well as more obscure birds, some known from just one specimen or from travellers' tales. This second edition is expanded to include dozens of new species, as more are constantly added to the list, either through extinction or through new subfossil discoveries.
The book is the result of decades of research into literature and museum drawers, as well as caves and subfossil deposits, which often reveal birds long-gone that disappeared without ever being recorded by scientists while they lived. From Greak Auks, Carolina Parakeets and Dodos to the amazing yet almost completely vanished bird radiations of Hawaii and New Zealand via rafts of extinction in the Pacific and elsewhere, this book is both a sumptuous reference and astounding testament to humanity's devastating impact on wildlife.
Extinct Birds was the first comprehensive review of the hundreds of the bird species and subspecies that have become extinct over the last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. It has become the standard text on this subject, covering both familiar icons of extinction as well as more obscure birds, some known from just one specimen or from travellers' tales. This second edition is expanded to include dozens of new species, as more are constantly added to the list, either through extinction or through new subfossil discoveries.
The book is the result of decades of research into literature and museum drawers, as well as caves and subfossil deposits, which often reveal birds long-gone that disappeared without ever being recorded by scientists while they lived. From Greak Auks, Carolina Parakeets and Dodos to the amazing yet almost completely vanished bird radiations of Hawaii and New Zealand via rafts of extinction in the Pacific and elsewhere, this book is both a sumptuous reference and astounding testament to humanity's devastating impact on wildlife.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
80 black and white illustrations by the author
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
1366 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-3744-5 (9781472937445)
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Extinct Birds
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Extinct Birds
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08/2017
2nd Edition
Bloomsbury Natural History
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Person
After becoming established as a self taught artist specialising in reconstructing extinct species, Julian P. Hume undertook a PhD at the Natural History Museum, London. Julian now works as an author and artist at the Natural History Museum in Tring and has a long record of describing species new to science. An expert on the extinct birds of the Indian Ocean, he has dug for Dodos on Mauritius, searched for flightless pigeons on the Comoros, and undertaken many other research expeditions around the world. His previous books include Lost Land of the Dodo (Poyser, 2008) and Extinct Birds (Poyser, 2011).
Content
Foreword
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Glossary
Extinct birds
Hypothetical birds
Appendix 1: Data-deficient taxa
Appendix 2: Doubtful and invalid taxa
Appendix 3: Rediscovered taxa
Appendix 4: Museums and institution
References
Index
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Glossary
Extinct birds
Hypothetical birds
Appendix 1: Data-deficient taxa
Appendix 2: Doubtful and invalid taxa
Appendix 3: Rediscovered taxa
Appendix 4: Museums and institution
References
Index