num_pages: 1446
description: This dictionary gives an overview of the English French German and Italian names of birds occurring in Europe North America South Africa New Zealand Australia and French-speaking countries. It contains 10838 scientific names of orders families species and some sub-species. The relevant order and family are shown for each term. The taxonomy is that used by the different authors of the sources.This dictionary will be of value to translators of scientific and general literature; scientific and botanical authors; environmentalists and ecologists; and scientific and lay readers of foreign literature.
language: English
title: Elsevier's Dictionary of Bird Names: In Latin, English, French, German and Italian
publisher: Elsevier Science