Threatened birds of the world : the official source for birds on the IUCN red list / project managers and senior editors, Alison J. S tattersfield and David R. Capper ; additional editors, Guy C.L. Dutson ... [et al.] ; maps by Tim Morrisey with contributions from David S. Bu tler .. [et al.] ; with major sponsorship from the 1998 British Birdwat ching Fair.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK : BirdLife International ; Barcelona : Lynx E dicions, 2000.Description: xii, 852 p. : col. ill., maps (some col.) ; 32 cmISBN: - 0946888396 (UK)
- 8487334288 (Spain)
- 333.95822 21
"An output from BirdLife' International's Globally Threatened Specie s Programme"--P. xi.
"The information for Asian species is taken from the Asia Red Book P roject, which will publish shortly Threatened birds of Asia."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 779-826) and index.
The extinction risk and opportunities for action -- Documenting exti nction risk -- Assessing extinction risk -- How to use this book -- Glo bally threatened species : extinct in the wild, critical, endangered, v ulnerable -- Lower risk species : conservation dependent -- Lower risk species : near threatened, least concern -- Other categories : data def icient, not evaluated, extinct -- Species listed by territory.
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