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Birds of Paradise

Birds of Paradise

Revealing the World's Most Extraordinary Birds

by Edwin Scholes and Tim Laman
Hardback
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 23/10/2012

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"You'll initially find it hard to believe that these pictures are real-but they are. These are the most beautiful photographs of the world's most beautiful birds. The birds' behavior, richly described in the text, is as remarkable as their appearance. This is a book like no other book."
--Jared Diamond, ornithologist and author of Guns, Germs, and Steel

Eight years. Eighteen expeditions. Fifty-one field sites. Thirty-nine unique species of birds-of-paradise, all photographed in the wild for the first time in history.

"We turned our passion for science, photography, and media documentation into a comprehensive vision to share an unparalleled treasure of Earth's biodiversity with the world," write biologists and explorers Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes.

These treasures are the spectacular birds-of-paradise, native only to the remote New Guinea region but known the world around for their brilliant colors, otherworldly plumes, and elaborate courtship dances. Now, for the first and perhaps only time, all 39 species of these extraordinary birds are showcased together through the revealing words and exclusive photographs in this landmark book.
ISBN:
9781426209581
9781426209581
Category:
Wildlife: birds & birdwatching
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
23-10-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
National Geographic Society
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
228
Dimensions (mm):
258x312x28mm
Weight:
1.84kg
Tim Laman

Tim Laman is a field biologist, wildlife photographer and filmmaker. He received his PhD from Harvard University for his pioneering research on the rainforest canopy of Borneo and has participated in more than one hundred scientific and photographic expeditions to many remote regions around the world.

He is best known for his long-term work with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology documenting all the species of birds of paradise in the wild, and for his collaboration with his wife, Boston University scientist Cheryl Knott, on orangutan research and conservation in Indonesia.

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