02903nam 2200577 a 450 991078509060332120230617000922.01-383-02745-51-281-34630-697866113463000-19-152403-4(CKB)1000000000411187(EBL)422384(OCoLC)476256707(SSID)ssj0000169185(PQKBManifestationID)12009284(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169185(PQKBWorkID)10203135(PQKB)11551944(Au-PeEL)EBL422384(CaPaEBR)ebr10233668(CaONFJC)MIL134630(MiAaPQ)EBC422384(EXLCZ)99100000000041118720040413d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Hawaiian honeycreepers[electronic resource] Drepanidinae /H. Douglas Pratt ; colour plates, drawings, and photographs by the author ; bird photographs by Jack Jeffrey ; with an appendix by Sheila ConantOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (393 p.)Bird families of the world ;12Description based upon print version of record.0-19-854653-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-333) and index.Contents; List of colour plates; List of abbreviations; Plan of the book, names and terms; Honeycreeper Topography; Frequently mispronounced words of Hawaiian origin; PART I: General chapters; PART II: Species accounts; Appendix 1: Honeycreepers in Hawaiian material culture; Appendix 2: Scientific names and families of plants mentioned in the text; Appendix 3: Scientific names, families, and subfamilies of non-Hawaiian birds mentioned in the text; Bibliography; IndexThis book is the most up to date work on honeycreepers, covering the life history, relationships, and biology of the birds. The honeycreepers, with their bright colouration and canary-like songs, are famed for their unique evolutionary history as a geographically isolated group that has undergone a spectacular burst of adaptions to the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago. - ;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 fiBird families of the world ;12.DrepanididaeDrepanididae.598.8Pratt H. Douglas(Harold Douglas),1944-1521827MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785090603321The Hawaiian honeycreepers3761239UNINA