About the Author

Janet Kear OBE (1933–2004) was an English ornithologist and conservationist who worked extensively on waterfowl and wrote several major works on ducks. She was the first woman to become president of the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU). Nicole Duplaix-Hall is the author of Flamingos, Observations on the Ecology and Behavior of the Giant River Otter Pteronura Brasiliensis in Suriname and International Zoo Yearbook - Volume 12.