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Storks, Ibises, and Spoonbills of the World
- 1st Edition
- Authors: James A. Hancock, James A. Kushlan, M. Philip Kahl
- Language: English
Some of the world's largest and most spectacular birds are to be found among this group of wading birds. Tragically, they also include many of the world's most endangered species,… Read more
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Some of the world's largest and most spectacular birds are to be found among this group of wading birds. Tragically, they also include many of the world's most endangered species, as changes in land use erode their wetland habitats. Some, like the White stork, have lived alongside humans for hundreds of years and are well known from numerous scientific studies. Others, like the Storm's Stork and the Ibises of West Africa, South-East Asia and South America live so secluded a life in the remote corners of the globe that they will probably be extinct before even the most basic details of their biology are known.
In this definitive monograph, three authors and two artists have combined their skills to capture what is known of these birds, and to picture them in beautiful paintings and photographs. The text opens with general chapters on taxonomy and feeding, and breeding behavior, following which, each species is dealt with in detail. Between them, the authors have personal experience of most of the species in five continents, and pay particular attention to documenting the current status of the threatened and rare species.
In this definitive monograph, three authors and two artists have combined their skills to capture what is known of these birds, and to picture them in beautiful paintings and photographs. The text opens with general chapters on taxonomy and feeding, and breeding behavior, following which, each species is dealt with in detail. Between them, the authors have personal experience of most of the species in five continents, and pay particular attention to documenting the current status of the threatened and rare species.
@introbul:Key Features
@bul:* The most complete compilation available on this group of birds
* Includes stunning color plates
* Features magnificent portraits from renowned ornithological artists Alan Harris and David Quinn
@bul:* The most complete compilation available on this group of birds
* Includes stunning color plates
* Features magnificent portraits from renowned ornithological artists Alan Harris and David Quinn
Amateur and professional ornithologists, ecology and conservation biologists and zoologists
Introduction.
Classification.
Conservation.
Courtship and Reproduction.
Feeding Behaviour.
American Wood Stork - Mycteria americana.
Milky Stork - Mycteria cinerea.
Yellowbilled Stork - Mycteria ibis.
Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala.
African Openbill Stork - Anastomus oscitans.
Asian Openbill Stork - Anastomus lamelligerus.
Black Stork - Ciconia nigra.
Abdim's Stork - Ciconia abdimii.
Woolynecked Stork - Ciconia episcopus.
Storm's Stork - Ciconia stormi.
Maguari Stork - Ciconia maguari.
White Stork - Ciconia ciconia.
Oriental White Stork - Ciconia boyciana.
Blacknecked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus.
Saddlebill Stork - Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis.
Jabiru Stork - Jabiru myceteria.
Lesser Adjutant Stork - Leptoptilos javanicus.
Greater Adjutant Stork - Leptoptilos dubius.
Marabou Stork - Leptoptilos crumeniferus.
Shoebill - Balaeniceps rex.
American White Ibis - Eudocimus ruber.
Barefaced Ibis - Phimosus infuscatus.
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus.
Whitefaced Ibis - Plegadis chihi.
Puna Ibis - Plegadis ridgwayi.
Sharptailed Ibis - Cercibis oxycerca.
Plumbeous Ibis - Harpiprion caerulescens.
Buffnecked Ibis - Theristicus caudatus.
Green Ibis - Mesembrinibis cayennensis.
Hadada Ibis - Bostrychia hagedash.
Wattled Ibis - Bostrychia carunculata.
Olive Ibis - Bostrychia olivacea.
Spotbreasted Ibis - Bostrychia rara.
Madagascar crested Ibis - Lophotibis cristata.
Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus.
Oriental White Ibis - Threskionis melanocephalus.
Australian White Ibis - Threskiornis molucca.
Strawnecked Ibis - Threskiornis spinicollis.
Waldrapp Ibis - Geronticus eremita.
Bald Ibis - Geronticus calvus.
Black Ibis - Pseudibis papillosa.
Giant Ibis - Thaumatibis gigantea.
Oriental Crested Ibis - Nipponia nippon.
Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia.
Royal Spoonbill - Platalea regia.
Blackfaced Spoonbill - Platalea minor.
African Spoonbill - Platalea alba.
Yellowbilled Spoonbill - Platalea flavipes.
Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja.
Appendixes of weights, measurements, and breeding seasons.
Index.
Classification.
Conservation.
Courtship and Reproduction.
Feeding Behaviour.
American Wood Stork - Mycteria americana.
Milky Stork - Mycteria cinerea.
Yellowbilled Stork - Mycteria ibis.
Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala.
African Openbill Stork - Anastomus oscitans.
Asian Openbill Stork - Anastomus lamelligerus.
Black Stork - Ciconia nigra.
Abdim's Stork - Ciconia abdimii.
Woolynecked Stork - Ciconia episcopus.
Storm's Stork - Ciconia stormi.
Maguari Stork - Ciconia maguari.
White Stork - Ciconia ciconia.
Oriental White Stork - Ciconia boyciana.
Blacknecked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus.
Saddlebill Stork - Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis.
Jabiru Stork - Jabiru myceteria.
Lesser Adjutant Stork - Leptoptilos javanicus.
Greater Adjutant Stork - Leptoptilos dubius.
Marabou Stork - Leptoptilos crumeniferus.
Shoebill - Balaeniceps rex.
American White Ibis - Eudocimus ruber.
Barefaced Ibis - Phimosus infuscatus.
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus.
Whitefaced Ibis - Plegadis chihi.
Puna Ibis - Plegadis ridgwayi.
Sharptailed Ibis - Cercibis oxycerca.
Plumbeous Ibis - Harpiprion caerulescens.
Buffnecked Ibis - Theristicus caudatus.
Green Ibis - Mesembrinibis cayennensis.
Hadada Ibis - Bostrychia hagedash.
Wattled Ibis - Bostrychia carunculata.
Olive Ibis - Bostrychia olivacea.
Spotbreasted Ibis - Bostrychia rara.
Madagascar crested Ibis - Lophotibis cristata.
Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus.
Oriental White Ibis - Threskionis melanocephalus.
Australian White Ibis - Threskiornis molucca.
Strawnecked Ibis - Threskiornis spinicollis.
Waldrapp Ibis - Geronticus eremita.
Bald Ibis - Geronticus calvus.
Black Ibis - Pseudibis papillosa.
Giant Ibis - Thaumatibis gigantea.
Oriental Crested Ibis - Nipponia nippon.
Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia.
Royal Spoonbill - Platalea regia.
Blackfaced Spoonbill - Platalea minor.
African Spoonbill - Platalea alba.
Yellowbilled Spoonbill - Platalea flavipes.
Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja.
Appendixes of weights, measurements, and breeding seasons.
Index.
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published:
- Imprint: Academic Press
JH
James A. Hancock
James Hancock was elected as a Corresponding Fellow of The American Ornithologist Union in 1995. The American Waterbirds Society honored him with their prestigious Kai Curry Lindahl award for Conservation.He is a Past President of the British Trust for Ornithology and served on the Council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He received an OBE for Service to Ornithology in H.M. the Queen's 1991 New Year's Honors List.He has authored and co-authored many books including his latest Herons and Egrets of the World in 1999.He holds an honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Southampton.
JK
James A. Kushlan
Affiliations and expertise
University of Mississippi, U.S.A.