Facing extinction : the world's rarest birds and the race to save them / Paul F. Donald, Principal Conservation Scientist, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ; Nigel J. Collar, Leventis Fellow in Conservation Biology, BirdLife International ; Stuart J. Marsden, Reader in Conservation Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University ; Deborah J. Pain, Director of Conservation, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
Previous edition: 2010. Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-310) and index.
Contents:
The nature of rarity and the rarity of nature -- The distribution and causes of rarity -- Sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius -- Spoon-billed sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus -- Brazilian merganser, Mergus octosetaceus -- Royal cinclodes, Cinclodes aricomae -- Bengal florican, Houbaropsis bengalensis -- Liben lark, Heteromirafra archeri -- Yellow-crested cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea -- Rarity and extinction on islands -- Stephens Island wren, Xenicus (Traversia) lyalli -- Tristan albatross, Diomedea dabbenena -- Raso lark, Alauda razae -- Po'ouli, Melamprosops phaeosoma -- Saving the world's rarest birds -- Kakapo, Strigops habroptila -- Asian vultures, Gyps bengalensis, G. tenuirostris, G. indiucs -- Philippine eagle, Pithecophaga jefferyi -- Alagoas curassow, Mitu mitu -- Spix's macaw, Cyanopsitta spixii -- Madagascar pochard, Aythya innotata -- The lost and found -- Gurney's pitta, Pitta gurenyi -- Forest owlet, Heteroglaux blewitti -- Slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, and Eskimo curlew, N. borealis -- Rarity and extinction in the future.
Summary:
An authoritative study of extinction in birds, with case studies of 20 critically endangered species and the research initiatives designed to save them.
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