Overview for Birds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar groups of tropical islands lying in the Bay of Bengal have tantalized casual bird watchers and seasoned ornithologists alike by the wealth and diversity of their avifauna ever since scientific bird study took root in India around the middle of the 19th century. Many of the most unique and beautiful birds are to be found in these oceanic islands. The isolation of these islands from the mainland has been responsible for high degree of endemism and out of 242 species and subspecies of birds reported from these islands, 95 are endemic. This book Birds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands will help to further interest in this fascinating subject on oceanic birds of these islands and their protection and conservation, among our young readers. The author has provided in this book, colour illustrations of mainly the endemic, migratory and some beautiful species of birds.
B.K. Tikader (Author)
Dr. Benoy Krishna Tikader, born inj Joydihi, a small village in the District of Khulna, now in Bangladesh, was educated at the University of Calcutta. Dr. Tikader, was awarded the Ph.D. and D.Sc. Degree of the Calcutta University for his outstanding and meritorious contributions on spiders. He has been actively engaged in taxonomic and ecological research on spiders and scorpions of the Indian region for the past three decades. The author is also writing a Handbook on Indian Spiders which will give complete information about the Arachnida of India. Some other books by this author on various subjects are also under publication, viz., Sea Shore Animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (with colour illustrations), Glimpses of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Beautiful Shells of Andaman and Nicobar Sea and their Utility for Cottage Industry, Endemic Birds of India and Handbook of Indian Testudines. Dr. Tikader has a hobby of wildlife and nature photography and majority of the photographs which will be used in the above mentioned books are by him. Dr. Tikader is at present the Director of the Zoological Survey of India and is a member of the Indian Board for Wildlife.
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