Renowned for their dazzling plumages and elaborate courtship displays, birds of paradise and bowerbirds exhibit some of the most astonishing behaviors in the natural world. Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds is the ultimate identification guide to these marvelous birds. This beautiful book features stunning color plates that depict all 108 recognized taxa in these two groups along with more than 200 color photos that showcase a broad range of racial and age-related plumage varieties. The comprehensive text covers identification, taxonomy, and ecology, and is accompanied by detailed distribution maps. Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds is the product of more than two decades of research and field observations, and is a must-have guide for birders, ornithologists, and anyone interested in these sensational birds.

• The ultimate identification guide to these marvelous birds of New Guinea and Australia
  
• Features stunningly illustrated color plates that depict all 108 recognized taxa
  
• Covers identification, taxonomy, and ecology
  
• Includes hundreds of color photos and detailed distribution maps
  
• Based on more than two decades of research and original field observations
  

About the Author
Phil Gregory is an ornithologist, tour leader, and writer with a passion for the fauna of New Guinea. He is the author of Birds of New Guinea.

Reviews
"In the long history of identification guides this book is a tour de force. From start to finish, it is packed with information, superb artwork, splendid photographs, and a visual stimulus that is hard to beat."---David Gascoigne, Travels With Birds
"A terrific achievement."---Donna Schulman, American Birding Podcast



Book Information
ISBN 9780691202143
Author Phil Gregory
Format Hardback
Page Count 416
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press