Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America

Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America
Title Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America PDF eBook
Author Per Alström
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 496
Release 2010-07-30
Genre Science
ISBN 1408135698

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Wagtails are noted for their bold plumage patterns and extensive racial variation. Pipits are a large and difficult group which invariably causes vexation to birders on both sides of the Atlantic. This guide covers the 26 species of northern hemisphere pipits and wagtails in detail. It treats identification in the field and in the hand, and includes colour plates, detailed distribution maps and sonograms of songs and calls.

Pipits and Wagtails

Pipits and Wagtails
Title Pipits and Wagtails PDF eBook
Author Per Alstrom
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 360
Release 2006-08
Genre
ISBN 9780713639582

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A reference guide to larks, pipits and wagtails, illustrated in colour, perched and in flight with distribution maps, geographical variations of subspecies and detailed main text for identification.

Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America

Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America
Title Pipits and Wagtails of Europe, Asia and North America PDF eBook
Author Per Alström
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 497
Release 2010-07-30
Genre Nature
ISBN 1408135701

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Pipits and Wagtails is the first comprehensive guide to all the species and subspecies that occur in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America. The detailed species accounts cover all aspects of identification (size, structure, plumage, bare parts, geographical variation, behaviour, distribution, and habitat.) In particular, great care has been taken to illustrate and describe accurately the differences between all valid subspecies as well as differences relating to sex and age. There are 30 full colour plates and a number of plate parts that depict all the species and distinct subspecies in different plumages, and to help further with identification, there are almost 250 colour photographs, numerous line drawings, sonograms of the species' and subspecies' unique songs and calls, and colour distribution maps for each species (with the range of subspecies marked). Systematics are also discussed in great detail. Introductory chapters deal with identification, moult, ageing and sexing in general, species concepts, nomenclature, and phylogenetic analyses. The unparalleled extent to which the authors - the world's two leading authorities in the field - have gone to cover all aspects of identification and systematics, including doing a complete taxonomic review, ensures that this is the ultimate reference guide for anyone interested in this group of birds.

Cotingas and Manakins

Cotingas and Manakins
Title Cotingas and Manakins PDF eBook
Author Guy M. Kirwan
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2012
Genre Cotingidae
ISBN 9780691153520

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"Cotingas and Manakins is the definitive work on these jewels of the Neotropics, covering more than 130 species. These range from some of the rarest and most enigmatic birds in the world to some of the best studied of all tropical species. Many are breathtakingly colorful and ornate while some are plain and difficult to see. This stunning volume features 34 color plates by Eustace Barnes, who has observed many of these species in the field, as well as distribution maps and approximately 400 photographs that cover all but a tiny handful of species"--

Reed and Bush Warblers

Reed and Bush Warblers
Title Reed and Bush Warblers PDF eBook
Author Peter Kennerley
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 713
Release 2010-09-15
Genre Science
ISBN 0713660228

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Bradypterus, Locustella, Hippolais, Cettia.

British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails

British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails
Title British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails PDF eBook
Author Eric Simms
Publisher
Pages 332
Release 1992
Genre Reference
ISBN

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The aim of this book is to review the British larks, pipits and wagtails. There are three broad introductory chapters on their emergence and range and on the characteristics of the genera. Single chapters are devoted to 11 separate species, while two cover the rarer migrants or vagrants.

The Helm Guide to Bird Identification

The Helm Guide to Bird Identification
Title The Helm Guide to Bird Identification PDF eBook
Author Keith Vinicombe
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 401
Release 2014-03-27
Genre Nature
ISBN 1472905539

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An essential field guide companion covering species pairs or groups that are difficult to identify. This book covers difficult identification issues by looking at tricky species pairs or groups of birds, and comparing and contrasting their respective features. Designed as a field companion, it supplements the standard field guides and provides much additional information. As well as detailed texts, the books include extensive illustrations of all relevant ages and plummages of the species concerned.