Threatened birds of the world : the official source for birds on the IUCN red list - Stattersfield, A. J.; Capper, David R.; Dutson, Guy C. L.; BirdLife International; International Union for conservation of nature and natural resources . (Cambridge, UK : BirdLife International ; Barcelona : Lynx E dicions, 2000)
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.
"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.
Keywords: Rare birds; Birds; Endangered species