Smithsonian Handbooks: Birds Of The World (Smithsonian Handbooks)

Smithsonian Handbooks: Birds of the World (Smithsonian Handbooks)

Product DescriptionShows and describes more than eight hundred species, and provides information on distribution, characteristics, and behavior.About the AuthorDr. Colin Harrison has spent over 45 years studying birds. In 1960 he joined the Natural History Museum in London, where he gained his doctorate while studying birds from around the world. The author of several books and over 250 scientific papers, he is an internationally acknowledged authority on the evolution and classification of birds. Alan Greensmith is a birdwatcher and traveler who has personally seen over 7,000 species. In addition to writing about the birds of his home country, Surrey, England, he has also given lectures on birds and has led field trips to Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Guatemala, and Mexico.