A Parrot Without a Name: The Search for the Last Unknown Birds on Earth

A Parrot Without a Name: The Search for the Last Unknown Birds on Earth
ISBN-10
0394555961
ISBN-13
9780394555966
Category
Nature / Endangered Species
Pages
239
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
Knopf
Author
Don Stap

Description

A richly detailed account of an ornithological expedition into the heart of the Peruvian rainforest in the company of two remarkable ornithologists, John O'Neill and Ted Parker.

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