This is a guide to rails, a relatively homogenous family of birds spread throughout the world. Most species are solitary and somewhat secretive, and therefore high on the wanted lists of many birders, but the moorhens and coots are generally common and familiar birds of wetlands. A number of species are flightless and confined to small islands, and several are extinct as a result of man and introduced predators.
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This is a guide to rails, a relatively homogenous family of birds spread throughout the world. Most species are solitary and somewhat secretive, and therefore high on the wanted lists of many birders, but the moorhens and coots are generally common and familiar birds of wetlands. A number of species are flightless and confined to small islands, and several are extinct as a result of man and introduced predators.
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As new in As New jacket. As new hardcover in dust jacket. Winner of the 1999 University Book Prize given by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. Covers 145 species of rails, including two recent discoveries and eleven that are recently extinct. Information on distribution, status, habitat requirements, and current threats. 43 color plates by Ber van Perlo, maps.