A field guide to the birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific is a 1987 book by Harold Douglas Pratt, Jr.
, Phillip L. Bruner and Delwyn G. Berrett (with illustrations by Pratt). It is published by Princeton University Press
and is produced as both hardback (ISBN 0-691-08402-5) and softback (ISBN 0-691-02399-9) editions. The book is primarily a field guide
to birds found in the Hawaiian islands
, Micronesia
, Fiji
and tropical Polynesia
(plus some northern subtropical Polynesian islands), including some distribution and status data. It was the first identification work to cover the birds of the whole of this region.
The book is 190 mm high by 128 mm wide. It comprises xx + 409 pages, with 45 colour plates (43 of which contain Pratt's illustrations of birds; the remaining two contain photographs of plants important to birds in the region). The main text is divided up into three sections:
Appendix A (pages 321 - 328) contains a hypothetical list
for the region, and Appendix B (pages 329 - 258) a series of species checklists for the individual subdivisions. A map of the region covered is given on pages xvi - xvii, with more detailed maps of individual parts of the region in Appendix C (pages 359 - 372). These appendices are followed by a glossary
, bibliography
and index
.
A list of extinct species is given on page 36, and a number of these are illustrated in the book's artwork section.
The book is dedicated to Dr. Robert J. Newman.
Harold Douglas Pratt, Jr.
Harold Douglas Pratt, Jr. , often credited in the short form H. Douglas Pratt, is an American ornithologist, bio acoustican, wildlife photographer and bird illustrator. His main research field are the endemic avifaunas of Hawaii and other islands in the Pacific where he was one of the pioneers of...
, Phillip L. Bruner and Delwyn G. Berrett (with illustrations by Pratt). It is published by Princeton University Press
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and is produced as both hardback (ISBN 0-691-08402-5) and softback (ISBN 0-691-02399-9) editions. The book is primarily a field guide
Field guide
A field guide is a book designed to help the reader identify wildlife or other objects of natural occurrence . It is generally designed to be brought into the 'field' or local area where such objects exist to help distinguish between similar objects...
to birds found in the Hawaiian islands
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
, Micronesia
Micronesia
Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the east. The Philippines lie to the west, and Indonesia to the southwest....
, Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
and tropical Polynesia
Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...
(plus some northern subtropical Polynesian islands), including some distribution and status data. It was the first identification work to cover the birds of the whole of this region.
The book is 190 mm high by 128 mm wide. It comprises xx + 409 pages, with 45 colour plates (43 of which contain Pratt's illustrations of birds; the remaining two contain photographs of plants important to birds in the region). The main text is divided up into three sections:
- "How to use this book" (pages 3 – 14)
- "A birder's-eye view of the Tropical Pacific" (pages 15 – 44) which contains descriptions of the types of island, their habitats and the bird communities found in them, with some information about bird conservation in the region.
- Individual species accounts, which make up the bulk of the book's text, between pages 45 and 319
Appendix A (pages 321 - 328) contains a hypothetical list
Hypothetical list of biota
A hypothetical list of biota, or "hypothetical list" for short, is a list of taxa which are not recorded from a given geographical area, but which may be found there...
for the region, and Appendix B (pages 329 - 258) a series of species checklists for the individual subdivisions. A map of the region covered is given on pages xvi - xvii, with more detailed maps of individual parts of the region in Appendix C (pages 359 - 372). These appendices are followed by a glossary
Glossary
A glossary, also known as an idioticon, vocabulary, or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms...
, bibliography
Bibliography
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and index
Index (publishing)
An index is a list of words or phrases and associated pointers to where useful material relating to that heading can be found in a document...
.
A list of extinct species is given on page 36, and a number of these are illustrated in the book's artwork section.
The book is dedicated to Dr. Robert J. Newman.