Li Xiangtao is Research Professor and Director of the Department of Zoology,Beijing Natural History Museum. He is also Official Member of the IUCN/SS/WPA International, Member of a Council of the China Ornithological Society, Secretary General of Beijing Zooloical Society, Vice Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Animal Word, and the Special Photographer of the magazine Man and Biosphere.
本书用160多幅精美图片介绍了雉鸡类的演化和分类类群、形态与解剖特征、生存环境和生活习性、雉鸡与人类文化、雉鸡所面临的威胁、我国雉鸡类研究进展、保护和利用等方面的内容。