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Reed and Bush Warblers: Helm Identification Guides

Autor David Pearson, Peter Kennerley Ilustrat de B. Small
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en Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 sep 2010
This authoritative handbook covers the identification of this difficult group of warblers in breathtaking detail, illustrated with line drawings, sonograms, wonderful colour plates and photographs. To the uninitiated, these are the archetypal 'little brown jobs' and as if they weren't hard enough to identify anyway, many of them are hard to see as well!This detailed and comprehensive identification guide follows in the mould of Sylvia Warblers and Pipits and Wagtails. It primarily covers the genera Acrocephalus, Locustella, Cettia and Bradypterus, together with a few smaller related genera.It is destined to become the ultimate reference for these challenging birds.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780713660227
ISBN-10: 0713660228
Pagini: 712
Ilustrații: 48 colour plates
Dimensiuni: 170 x 240 x 42 mm
Greutate: 1.89 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Helm
Seria Helm Identification Guides

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Covers every species of old world warbler in the genera Acrocephalus, Locustella, Cettia and Bradypterus

Notă biografică

Peter Kennerley has ringed and watched warblers in Hong Kong for many years, and David Pearson is an authority on the African species. Both authors have published extensively on the subject.Brian Small is a highly regarded bird illustrator with several books to his credit. His warblers are particularly outstanding.

Cuprins

Foreword by Professor Philip RoundAcknowledgementsPhysical features and main habitat types of EurasiaPacific Ocean showing location of major island and island groupsProvinces of China, India, PakistanIntroductionTaxonomy, Species Inclusion and SequenceGenus and Species AccountTopography of a Bird, Terminology and GlossaryMigrationMoult StrategiesAgeingPhylogenetic Relationships as Revealed by Molecular Analyses by Professor Staffan BenschOrigins, Distributions and Extinction of Acrocephalus in the Pacific OceanMajor Contributors and SourcesColour PlatesSpecies Accounts (129-621)Appendices:Appendix 1: Sources of original descriptions, type localities and synonymsAppendix 2: Live wing lengths of selected Palerartic migrant speciesAppendix 3: Principal measurements from museum specimensAppendix 4: Origins, migration status and moult strategiesAppendix 5: Comparative field characters of similar speciesAppendix 6: Scientific names of other bird species mentioned in the textAppendix 7: Recent developments to 2010BibliographyIndex

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...destined to become the ultimate reference for these challenging birds.
Full of amazingly comprehensive data, yet extending an invitation to a world in which so much waits to be discovered, Reed and Bush Warblers is a Premiership-level 'keeper' for sure. A magnum opus, worth of addition to any birder's library.

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This authoritative handbook covers the identification of this difficult group of warblers in breathtakingdetail, illustrated with line drawings, sonograms, wonderful colourplates and photographs. It is destined to become the ultimate referencefor these challenging birds.