James Ferguson-Lees, David A. Christie

Raptors of the World: A Field Guide (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Franklin, Kim; Harris, Alan; Burton, Philip; Mead, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472987655
• Artikelnr.: 60163504

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Species and Subspecies
Introduction
Using This Book
Orders of Raptor Population Sizes
Raptor Topography
Measuring Lengths and Wingspans of Raptors
Sex and Age Differences in Sizes and Shapes of Raptors
Identifying Raptors
Raptor Migration
Moult Patterns, Age Criteria and Polymorphism
Taxonomy, Sequence and Nomenclature of Raptors
English Names of Raptors
Bibliography
Quick Guide to Plates, Captions and Maps
Key Plates to Genera: Plates 1-3
Species Plates with Facing Texts and Distribution Maps: Plates 4-118
Further Reading
Index