Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Drepanidinae / Edition 1

by Jack Jeffrey, H. Douglas Pratt

Overview

The Hawaiian Honeycreepers are typified by nectar feeding, their bright colouration and canary-like songs. They are considered one of the finest examples of adaptive radiation, even more diverse than Darwin's Galapagos finches, as a wide array of different species has evolved in all the different niches provided by the Hawaiian archipelago. The book will therefore be of interest to evolutionary biologists and ecologists as well as professional ornithologists and amateur bird watchers. As with the other books in the Bird Family of the World series, the work is divided into two main sections. Part one is an overview of the Hawaiian Honeycreeper evolution and natural history and Part two comprises accounts of each species. The author has produced his own outstanding illustrations of these birds to accompany his text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198546535
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	11/15/2004
Series:	Bird Families of the World Series , #13
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 7.60(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of colour plates
List of abbreviations
Preface
Plan of the book
Frequently mispronounced words of Hawaiian origin
1. Meet the Hawaiian Honeycreepers
2. The honeycreepers' world
3. Discovery and research: a historical review
4. Origin and Evolution
5. Classification
6. The physical honeycreeper: Form, colour, and function
7. Behaviour
8. Ecology
9. Diseases and parasites
10. Status, conservation, and the future
Genera and Species Accounts
Part II comprises of 20 honeycreeper species, further details available on request.
Appendix 1 Honeycreepers in Hawaiian material culture, Sheila Conant
Appendix 2 Scientific names and families of plants mentioned in the text
Appendix 3 Scientific names and families of non-Hawaiian birds mentioned in the text
Bibliography
Index