Threatened birds of the world : the official source for birds on the IUCN red list /

Threatened birds of the world : the official source for birds on the IUCN red list /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK : BirdLife International ; Barcelona : Lynx Edicions, 2000.
Description:	xii, 852 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 32 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Rare birds. Birds. Endangered species. Birds. Endangered species. Rare birds.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6242833

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Other title:	2000 IUCN red list of threatened species.
Other authors / contributors:	Stattersfield, A. J. Capper, David R. Dutson, Guy C. L. BirdLife International. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
ISBN:	0946888396 (UK) 8487334288 (Spain)
Notes:	"An output from BirdLife' International's Globally Threatened Species Programme"--P. xi. "The information for Asian species is taken from the Asia Red Book Project, which will publish shortly Threatened birds of Asia." Includes bibliographical references (p. 779-826) and index.

Table of Contents:

The extinction risk and opportunities for action
Documenting extinction risk
Assessing extinction risk
How to use this book
Globally threatened species : extinct in the wild, critical, endangered, vulnerable
Lower risk species : conservation dependent
Lower risk species : near threatened, least concern
Other categories : data deficient, not evaluated, extinct
Species listed by territory.