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Buntings and sparrows : a guide to the buntings and North American sparrows / Clive Byers, Jon Curson and Urban Olsson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byers, Clive.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buntings (Birds)--Identification.
- Buntings (Birds).
- Sparrows--North America--Identification.
- Sparrows.
- Emberizidae--North America--Identification.
- Emberizidae.
- Physical Description:
- 334 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sussex [England] : Pica Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- Covers all the buntings (Palearctic) and sparrows (Nearctic) - 108 species - of the Holarctic region. These birds are members of the sub-family emberizinae, and are represented in nearly every habitat in the region. They also present considerable identification problems.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgemants
- Explanation of the Species Accounts
- How to Identify Buntings and North American Sparrows
- Taxonomy And Relationship
- Breeding Biology
- Escaped Cagebirds
- Hybrids
- Plates
- Systematic Section
- Melophus
- Latoucheornis
- Emberiza
- Miliaria
- Calcarius
- Plectrophenax
- Calamospiza
- Passerella
- Melospiza
- Zonotrichia
- Junco
- Passerculus
- Ammodramus
- Xenospiza
- Spizella
- Pooecetes
- Chondestes
- Amphispiza
- Aimophila
- Torreornis
- Oriturus
- Pipilo
- Melozone
- Arremonops
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Digital editions published 2010 by Christopher Helm Publishers, an imprint of A&C Black Publishers Ltd.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4081-3501-9
- 9786612986079
- 1-282-98607-4
- 1-4081-3502-7
- OCLC:
- 742333581
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