Reed and Bush Warblers [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, David.

Contributor:

Kennerley, Peter.

Small, B.

Series:

Helm Identification Guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sylviidae--Identification.

Sylviidae--Pictorial works.

Sylviidae.

Local Subjects:

Sylviidae--Identification.

Sylviidae--Pictorial works.

Sylviidae.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (713 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : A&C Black, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. 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 authoritative handbook covers their identification in breathtaking detail, illustrated with line drawings, sonograms, wonderful colour plates and photographs. It is destined to become the ul

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Physical features and main habitat types of Eurasia; Pacific Ocean showing location of major islands and island groups; Provinces of China, India and Pakistan; INTRODUCTION; TAXONOMY, SPECIES INCLUSION AND SEQUENCE; GENUS AND SPECIES ACCOUNTS; TOPOGRAPHY OF A BIRD, TERMINOLOGY AND GLOSSARY; MIGRATION; MOULT STRATEGIES; AGEING; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AS REVEALED BY MOLECULAR ANALYSES; ORIGINS, DISTRIBUTION AND EXTINCTION OF ACROCEPHALUS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN; MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS AND SOURCES; COLOUR PLATES; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; FAMILY LOCUSTELLIDAE

FAMILY ACROCEPHALIDAEFAMILY CETTIIDAE; APPENDICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-98603-1

9786612986031

1-4081-3401-2

OCLC:

742333584