Around the World in 80 Birds

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Great read--educational, interesting, accessible and comical to both non-bird-lovers and bird-lovers.

Japanese artist Ryuto Miyake's illustrations are a delight - COUNTRY LIFE You may also be interested in. I do wonder how the author narrowed down his choices - some are VERY unique so you can understand why, while others sometimes are a little head scratching. Ho imparato tantissime cose su varie specie famose (non sapevo che gli struzzi vivessero in Africa, per esempio), ho scoperto l’esistenza di alcune specie curiose, come il Cacapò, e altri dettagli su alcune specie che già credevo di conoscere, come il rondone comune o il pettirosso.I really enjoyed the expansive variety of birds chosen here, with each entry bringing up fascinating new information about its subject, even when said subject was something I thought I already knew quite a bit of popular information about. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report.

Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. From the humble Robin to something a little more exotic such as the wonderfully named Resplendent Quetzal, this beautifully illustrated book looks at the lives of 80 birds, their quirks, their lifestyles, and probably.I'd never heard of the oilbird or the purple-crested turaco before but my world is much the richer for having learned about them here.

However, that Mike Unwin does not bother with avian evolution in Around the World in 80 Birds, that he has no section devoted to extinct birds and is in my opinion often not nearly critical and condemning enough regarding birds threatened and endangered by us humans, by our actions, by habit loss, by over-hunting, pollution and the like, this has definitely rather bothered me (and enough so that my final rating for Around the World in 80 Birds simply cannot be higher than three stars, still to be warmly recommended, but also with some caveats and reservations). We get a nice overview of what the birds look like, their way of life and brief anecdotes of what they are known for (like them being national emblems and why, if they are featured in important literary works, legends or myths etc).

The art in this book - by Arturo Miyake - is something else and, to me, one of the biggest highlights. oilbird (Venezuela), snow goose (Canada), hoopoe (Italy), cassowary (Australia), puffin (Iceland), shoebill (Uganda), kakapo (New Zealand), and many others. Na Een reis om de wereld in 80 planten en Een reis om de wereld in 80 bomen is er nu een boek over vogels. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

I learned new things about some birds I already knew, and a lot about new birds with which I was not previously familiar. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. From the bald eagle of Northern America to the jungle fowl of Southeast Asia, Mr Unwin always has something interesting to share regarding birds I thought was already well familiar with. The white 'eyebrows' of a Great Grey Owl that actually sit on each side of his beak like migrating hairy caterpillars. I don't think I can do justice to just how beautiful this book is - you need it as a physical book, in your hands, because it is so gorgeous.First and foremost, I do of course understand (and as Mike Unwin also points out in the introduction to his 2022 Around the World in 80 Birds) that choosing eighty global bird species to textually showcase is extremely difficult. Flits and swoops into birds you may have heard of around the world – quetzals, kiwis, flamingos, oh my! For while Mike Unwin does in fact (and fortunately) show the conservation status of and the threats facing the bird species he has chosen for Around the World in 80 Birds, Unwin's criticism and his condemnation of what has caused and is causing avian conservation issues (habitat destruction, large scale hunting and poaching, climate change etc. The only thing that would make me enjoy this even more, is if it was a nature television series with Attenborough narrating. The writing is clear and you get to learn about the habits, lifestyles, habitats, and physical and mental traits of the birds.