Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity and jewel-like size and colour. Only recently has their serious scientific study started to gain the attention it demands. With the increasing interest in biodiversity, they are a subject growing in significance with every new species discovery made. Hummingbirds presents every species, with over 300 birds shown in dazzling, life-size, cut-out photography.
About the author
Marianne Taylor worked for seven years in natural history publishing, first at Bloomsbury and later at
Birdwatch magazine, before becoming a writer. She has written more than twenty books for adults and children on a range of natural history subjects; her books include
Bats,
Owls,
Hummingbirds (Ivy Press), the RSPB’s
British Birds of Prey, (A&C Black),
Dragonflight (Bloomsbury), and
The Nature Book (Michael O’Mara).
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