ATLAS OF RARE BIRDS

The ultimate guide to some of the rarest birds in existence from the Hooded Grebe and the Nechisar Nightjar and remarkable discoveries of species not seen for centuries and brought back from the brink of extinction with successes like the Seychelles Magie-Robin and the California Condor. The book is organised around key groups of species with each species the subject of its own mini chapter. The book tells the story of the 50 of the rarest birds in the world and birds in sudden danger such as the Sooty Falcon and how we can help with bird life. Some species were born rare, a second group have struggled with their natural world but most fall into the endangered category by falling foul of people and our environment. The atlas format features 200 colour photos and 61 colour maps showing the global nature of the problem and bringing together the many strands of the concerted bird conservation effort taking place on every continent. The quality of the photography is quite superb in this very large publication produced in association with BirdLife International, the world's largest global alliance of bird conservation organisations. Enjoy the extraordinary colours and plumage of the ultramarine Lorikeet, the colourful Puffleg, a rare gem of a Hummer discovered as recently as 1967, a famous photograph of a male Gurney's pitta feeding young in Thailand where the population once dropped to as few as 10 birds and missing birds found again like the noisy Scrub-Bird, Forest Owlet, New Zealand's Storm-Petrel and the Madagascar Pochard. Accessible and visually appealing, 240 large pages, 23 x 26.82cm. The author Dominic Couzens is one of Britain's finest ornithological writers.
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