Europe's birds : an identification guide / Rob Hume [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hume, Rob, author.

Series:

WILDGuides

WILDguides ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Europe--Identification.

Birds.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (641 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Covering more than 900 species, and illustrated with 4,700 photographs, Europe's Birds is the most comprehensive, authoritative and ambitious single-volume photographic guide to Europe's birds ever produced. Easy-to-use, practical and accessible, this guide provides the information necessary for birdwatchers of all abilities to name any bird they see. Detailed descriptions cover the birds in all their plumages--male, female, breeding, non-breeding, adult and immatures, as well as distinctive subspecies. The clear text covers all aspects of identification, including moult and vocalizations, and provides details on range, status and habitat. An unrivalled selection of photographs, chosen to be as informative as possible, makes this a beautiful book to enjoy, as well as an up-to-date and essential source of identification knowledge. Europe's Birds is produced by the same team that created Britain's Birds, which has been described as "without doubt the best photo guide on the market" (Andy Stoddart, Rare Bird Alert). The authors include top-class wildlife photographers, writers and editors, and an imaginative, highly skilled designer. All are experienced birdwatchers themselves, who know what is needed in an identification guide for birdwatchers living or travelling in Europe.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

THE PARTS OF A BIRD

AGEING, SEXING AND MOULT

THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS

THE TYPES OF BIRD

Wildfowl

Grebes, divers and cormorants

Seabirds

Gulls and terns

Skuas

Waders

Large warerside birds

Crakes and rails

Galliforms (quails, partridges, francolins, pheasants and grouse), Buttonquail

Bustards

Pigeons and doves

Sandgrouse

Nightjars

Owls

Birds of prey

Cuckoos, kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers and hoopoes

Woodpeckers

Aerial feeders (swifts, swallows, and martins)

Larks, pipits and wagtails

Wrens

Accentors

Orioles / Waxwings

Starlings

Dippers

Babblers, Bulbuls

Thrushes, chats, wheatears and Hypocolius

Warblers, crests, cisticolas and prinias

Flycatchers

Nuthatches, treecreepers and wallcreepers

Tits

Shrikes

Corvids (jays, crows, nutcrackers and magpies)

Finches and sparrows

Buntings

Endemic landbirds of the Atlantic islands

Vagrant birds in Europe

Established introductions

THE STATUS CONSERVATION OF EUROPE'S BIRDS

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-17765-1

OCLC:

1266908195