Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds

The Helm Identification Guide series provides a comprehensive handbook on the birds of paradise and bowerbirds, featuring original observations and illustrations. It is an essential reference for birders and ornithologists interested in these remarkable birds.

Format: Hardback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 09 January 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

This comprehensive handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guide series, delves into the captivating world of birds of paradise, renowned for their remarkable and diverse plumage. These birds, belonging to the Paradisaeidae and Ptilonohynchidae families, exhibit some of the most astonishing behaviors in the avian kingdom. The former is the most iconic group found in New Guinea, while the bowerbirds extend into Australia and are best known for the males' construction of avenue bowers, used to entice females on the forest floor.

This comprehensive monograph is dedicated to these two families, combining the product of more than two decades of research and scholarship with original observations by the author and many other knowledgeable contributors. Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds is the ultimate reference to these two groups. It provides a thorough guide to their identification, taxonomy, and ecology, with detailed distribution maps accompanying the text. A series of beautifully illustrated plates by Richard Allen cover all of the 108 recognized taxa in these groups, with these supplemented by more than 200 photographs covering a range of racial and age-related plumage variety.

This book is an indispensable addition to the libraries of all birders and ornithologists interested in these sensational birds.

Weight: 1322g
Dimension: 249 x 180 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780713660272