{"product_id":"9781925546040","title":"Birds What's in a Name?: from Accipiter to Zoothera The Origin of Bird Names","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis entertaining and informative guide explains the meanings of birdnames, many of which have fascinating origins and stories behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe universal system of ‘scientific’ names, based largely on Greek andLatin, is used in all good bird books and assists birdwatchers around theworld in figuring out exactly what they are looking at. While some of thenames are fairly self-explanatory – such as Troglodytes for wren, meaning‘cave-dweller’ – others are more mysterious – Caprimulgus for nightjar, forexample, meaning ‘goat-sucker’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering hundreds of bird species from around the world, Birds:What’s In A Name? includes explanations of hundreds of scientific namesand common names, as well as delivering a wealth of other facts andtrivia relating to the species concerned. In short, it’s the most readable andentertaining book on the subject available anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnas platyrhynchos (Mallard)‘The duck with the flat beak’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIxobrychus minutus (Little Bittern)‘Small reed bellower’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrigops habroptilus (Kakapo)A bird that ‘looks like an owl, with soft feathers’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePtilonorhynchus violaceus (Satin Bowerbird)‘Violet bird with a feathered bill’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTachybaptus ruficollis (Little Grebe) 'Literally translated, this is the ‘red-collared fast-sinker’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Holland Publishers, Limited UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033542607088,"sku":"9781925546040","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925546040_p0.jpg?v=1763635196","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925546040","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}