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Raptors of the World: A Field Guide
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Artikel-Nr:
9780713669572
Veröffentl:
2005
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.11.2005
Seiten:
320
Autor:
David A. Christie
Gewicht:
705 g
Format:
234x156x24 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
David A. Christie is an ornithologist, editor and translator. He is co-author of a number of books, including Raptors of the World and the award-winning Woodpeckers.James Ferguson-Lees is a leading British ornithologist and the editor of British Birds. He has served as President of the British Trust for Ornithology, a Committee Chairman and Deputy Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and a Council Member and Records Committee Chairman of the British Ornithologists' Union. He is the author of several books, including British Birds, The Shell Guide to the Birds of Britain, Raptors of the World and Ireland and Endangered Birds.
Raptors of the World is the definitive handbook to this most popular group of birds.This new field guide uses all of the illustration plates from Raptors of the World, with a concise, revised text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference covering all 340 raptor species. Several of the plates have been reworked and repainted for this guide. The book also has an updated colour distribution map for each species.Much of the extensive introductory material has been retained in this guide, with the addition of a complete species list containing all subspecies and brief details of their ranges. Armed with this guide, birders will be able to identify with confidence any raptor encountered anywhere in the world.
Fully revised with updated taxonomy
List of Species and SubspeciesIntroductionUsing This BookOrders of Raptor Population SizesRaptor TopographyMeasuring Lengths and Wingspans of RaptorsSex and Age Differences in Sizes and Shapes of RaptorsIdentifying RaptorsRaptor MigrationMoult Patterns, Age Criteria and PolymorphismTaxonomy, Sequence and Nomenclature of RaptorsEnglish Names of RaptorsBibliographyQuick Guide to Plates, Captions and MapsKey Plates to Genera: Plates 1-3Species Plates with Facing Texts and Distribution Maps: Plates 4-118Further ReadingIndex