A photographic guide to the birds of Southeast Asia : including the Philippines and Borneo / Morten Strange.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strange, Morten, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Southeast Asia--Identification.

Birds.

Birds--Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (948 p.)

Place of Publication:

Clarendon, Vermont ; Singapore : Tuttle Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia is the first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of mainland Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Borneo. It covers important bird species found in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, as well as southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines.Of an estimated 10,000 living bird species in the world, Southeast Asia is home to over 3,000 of them?making this one of the most diverse avifaunal regions on the planet and a bird-watcher's paradise. This comprehensive guide covers over 660 species and

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; SYSTEMATIC SECTION; NON-PASSERINES:; Grebes - Podicipedidae; Pelicans - Pelecanidae; Boobies - Sulidae; Cormorants - Phalacrocoracidae; Darters - Anhingidae; Frigatebirds - Fregatidae; Herons, egrets, bitterns - Ardeidae; Storks - Ciconiidae; Ibises - Threskiornithidae; Geese, ducks - Anatidae; Osprey - Pandionidae; Hawks, eagles, vultures - Accipitrae; Falcons - Falconidae; Pheasants - Phasianidae; Buttonquail -Turnicidae; Cranes - Gruidae; Rails, crakes - Rallidae; Finfoots - Heliornithidae

Jacanas - jacanidaePaintedsnipe - Rostratulidae; Oystercatchers - Haematopodidae; Lapwings, plovers - Charadriidae; Curlews, sandpipers, snipe -Scolopacidae; Stilts, avocets - Recutvirostridae; Phalaropes - Phalaropidae; Thick-knees - Burhinidae; Pratincoles - Glareolidae; Gulls, terns - Laridae; Pigeons, doves - Columbidae; Parrots - Psittacidae; Cuckoos - Cuculidae; Barn Owls - Tytonidae; Owls - Strigidae; Frogmouths - Batrochostomidae; Nightjars - Caprimulgidae; Swifts - Apodidae; Treeswifts - Hemiprocnidae; Trogons - Trogonidae; Kingfishers - Alcedinidae; Bee-eaters - Meropidae

Rollers - CoraciidaeHoopoe - Upupidae; Hornbills - Bucerotidae; Barbets - Megalaimidae; Honeyguides - Indicatoridae; Woodpeckers - Picidae; PASSERINES:; Broadbills - Eurylaimidae; Pittas - Pittidae; Larks - Alaudidae; Swallows - Hirundinidae; Cuckoo-shrikes, minivets; Ioras, leafbirds - Chloropseidae; Bulbuls - Pycnonotidae; Drongos - Dicruridae; Orioles - Oriolidae; Fairy Bluebirds - Irenidae; Crows, jays, magpies - Corvidae; Tits - Paridae; Nuthatches - Sittidae; Treecreepers - Certhiidae; Philippine Creepers - Rhabdornithidae; Babblers - Timaliidae; Thrashes - Turdidae

Warblers - SylviidaeFlycatchers - Muscicapidae; Fantails - Rhipiduridae; Monarchs - Monarchidae; Whistlers, accentors -Pachycephalidae; Wagtails, pipits - Motacillidae; Wood-swallows - Artamidae; Shrikes - Laniidae; Starlings, mynas - Sturnidae; Sunbirds, spiderhunters - Nectariniidae; Flowerpeckers - Dicaeidae; White-eyes - Zosteropidae; Sparrows - Passeridae; Weavers - Ploceidae; Munias - Estrildidae; Finches - Fringillidae; Buntings - Emberizidae; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FURTHER INFORMATION; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebray, viewed May 29, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4629-1433-0