Photographic Guide to the Birds of India : And the Indian Subcontinent, Including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutanh, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives / Bikram Grewal, Bill Harvey, and Otto Pfister.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grewal, Bikram, author.

Harvey, Bill, author.

Pfister, Otto, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--India--Identification.

Birds.

Birds--Nepal--Pictorial works.

Birds--South Asia--Identification.

Birds--South Asia--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1310 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

North Clarendon, VT : Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., [2002]

Summary:

Periplus is proud to present the first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent. This ebook offers over 800 species and distinct sub-species and contains over 1,000 full-color photographs. Each species has a distribution map. Many of the photographs in this magnificent volume appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the most important features of the species illustrated. In several cases, different plumages or flight shots are included. The concise text provided vital information on the plumages, voice and habits of each species covered

Contents:

Cover; MAP OF REGION; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ENJOYING BIRDWATCHING; ORNITHOLOGY IN THE REGION; ORIENTAL REGION; HABITATS; CLIMATE; BIRD MOVEMENTS; BREEDING; EXTREME RARITIES; THREATS TO BlRDS IN INDIA; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; SYSTEMATIC SECTION; NON-PASSE RINES; Pheasants and allies - Phasianidae; Whistling-ducks - Dendrocygnidae; Ducks and geese - Anatidae; Buttonquails - Turnicidae; Woodpeckers - Picidae; Barbets - Megalaimidae; Hornbills - Bucerotidae; Hoopoes - Upupidae; Trogons - Trogonidae; Rollers-Coraciidae; Kingfishers - Alcedinidae; Kingfishers - Halcyonidae

Crested Kingfishers - CerylidaeBee-eaters - Meropidae; Cuckoos - Cuculidae; Coucals - Centropodidae; Parakeets - Psittacidae; Swifts - Apodidae; Treeswifts - Hemiprocnidae; Barn Owls - Tytonidae; Owls - Strigidae; Frogmouths - Batrachostomidae; Nightjars - Caprimulgidae; Pigeons and doves - Columbidae; Bustards - Otididae; Cranes - Gruidae; Rails and crakes - Rallidae; Sandgrouse - Pteroclidae; Sandpipers and allies - Scolopacidae; Painted Snipe - Rostratulidae; Jacanas - Jacanidae; Thick-knees - Burhinidae; Plovers and allies - Charadriidae; Pratincoles - Glareolidae

Gulls and terns - LaridaeHawks and allies - Accipitridae; Falcons - Falconidae; Grebes - Podicipedidae; Darters - Anhingidae; Cormorants - Phalacrocoracidae; Herons and allies - Ardeidae; Flamingos - Phoenicopteridae; Ibis and allies - Threskiornithidae; Pelicans - Pelecanidae; Storks - Ciconidae; PASSERINES; Pittas - Pittidae; Broadbills - Eurylaimidae; Leafbirds - Irenidae; Shrikes - Laniidae; Crows, drongos, orioles and allies - Corvidae; Dippers - Cinclidae; Thrushes, flycatchers and chats - Muscicapidae; Starlings and mynahs - Sturnidae; Nuthatches - Sittidae

Creepers and wrens - CerthiidaeTits - Paridae; Aegithaline tits - Aegithalidae; Swallows and martins - Hirundinidae; Crests - Regulidae; Bulbuls - Pycnonotidae; Cisticolas and prinias - Cisticolidae; White-eyes - Zosteropidae; Warblers and babblers - Sylviidae; Larks - Alaudidae; Sunbirds and flowerpeckers - Nectariniidae; Sparrows, pipits, accentors, munias and weavers - Passeridae; Finches and buntings - Fringillidae; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; USEFUL ADDRESSES; SYSTEMATIC LIST OF FAMILIES AND SPECIES; INDEX OF COMMON NAMES; INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781462914852

1462914853

OCLC:

898770154