Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds

Zusatztext A big book in every sense! co-authored by two juggernauts of Western Palearctic ornithology ... Destined to remain a standard-bearer well in to the future. Informationen zum Autor Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson Klappentext THE BRITISH BIRDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 This unique and spectacular handbook is the most complete and comprehensive photographic guide to the passerines of the Western Palearctic. Written by two of the world's most respected ornithologists, it contains the most up-to-date information available on bird identification covering all aspects of plumage, moult, ageing and sexing, with sections on voice and other identification criteria, and detailed taxonomic notes. The passerines are divided into two volumes, with the first covering larks, hirundines, pipits and wagtails, bulbuls, accentors, robins, chats, wheatears, thrushes, prinias and cisticolas, and warblers, and the second covering flycatchers, reedlings, tits, nuthatches, orioles and sunbirds, shrikes, corvids, finches and buntings, along with extreme vagrants.The exceptional text is backed up by a remarkable collection of more than 5,000 photographs, featuring a comprehensive range of plumages that illustrate every race and morph of each species in the region.This stunning handbook will be the definitive reference for the region for years to come - no birder's shelf will be complete without it. Vorwort BRITISH BIRDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018. Combining volumes one and two, these handbooks form the most complete photographic reference to the region - no birdwatcher's shelf is complete without it. Zusammenfassung This definitive new handbook is set to become the standard photographic reference for this region. No birders' shelf will be complete without it. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction:- Layout and scope of the book- Species taxonomy- Subspecies- Sequence- Nomenclature- Photographs- Maps- Species accounts- Glossary and abbreviations- Selected gazetteerAn approach to moult and ageing birds in the fieldGeneral referencesList of passerine families: traditional and new orderA brief presentation of passerine familiesSpecies accounts Vagrants to the region Checklist of the birds of the Western Palearctic-passerines Photographic credits Indexes ...

A big book in every sense, co-authored by two juggernauts of Western Palearctic ornithology ... Destined to remain a standard-bearer well in to the future.

Vorwort
BRITISH BIRDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018. Combining volumes one and two, these handbooks form the most complete photographic reference to the region - no birdwatcher's shelf is complete without it.

Autorentext
Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson

Klappentext
THE BRITISH BIRDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 This unique and spectacular handbook is the most complete and comprehensive photographic guide to the passerines of the Western Palearctic. Written by two of the world's most respected ornithologists, it contains the most up-to-date information available on bird identification covering all aspects of plumage, moult, ageing and sexing, with sections on voice and other identification criteria, and detailed taxonomic notes. The passerines are divided into two volumes, with the first covering larks, hirundines, pipits and wagtails, bulbuls, accentors, robins, chats, wheatears, thrushes, prinias and cisticolas, and warblers, and the second covering flycatchers, reedlings, tits, nuthatches, orioles and sunbirds, shrikes, corvids, finches and buntings, along with extreme vagrants. The exceptional text is backed up by a remarkable collection of more than 5,000 photographs, featuring a comprehensive range of plumages that illustrate every race and morph of each species in the region. This stunning handbook will be the definitive reference for the region for years to come - no birder's shelf will be complete without it.

Zusammenfassung
This definitive new handbook is set to become the standard photographic reference for this region. No birders' shelf will be complete without it.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements Introduction: - Layout and scope of the book - Species taxonomy - Subspecies - Sequence - Nomenclature - Photographs - Maps - Species accounts - Glossary and abbreviations - Selected gazetteer An approach to moult and ageing birds in the field General references List of passerine families: traditional and new order A brief presentation of passerine families Species accounts Vagrants to the region Checklist of the birds of the Western Palearctic-passerines Photographic credits Indexes

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