Birds Of Cites

This beautiful book describes and illustrates bird throughout the world which are threatened with depletion in numbers, or even with extinction. In doing so it not only provides the first comprehensive coloured guide to such species, as a reference for all those who are concerned about the diminishing variety of animals in the world, bout it also acts as a handbook for officials who are charged with controlling the trade in such creatures under the aegis of CITES

This beautiful book describes and illustrates birds throughout the world which are threatened with extinction. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species which was set up in 1973 to help member nations to control such trading. Included is a Quick Guide to Bird Families that helps readers put individual species into a wider context, while a Topographical Glossary shows the basic parts of a bird and describes other technical terms used in the text.