Reed and Bush Warblers: : Helm Identification Guides Peter Kennerley Helm

Reed and Bush Warblers

Description

This authoritative handbook covers the identification of this difficult group of warblers in breathtaking detail, illustrated with line drawings, sonograms, wonderful colour plates and photographs.

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 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.

It is destined to become the ultimate reference for these challenging birds.

Foreword by Professor Philip Round
Acknowledgements
Physical features and main habitat types of Eurasia
Pacific Ocean showing location of major island and island groups
Provinces of China, India, Pakistan

Introduction
Taxonomy, Species Inclusion and Sequence
Genus and Species Account
Topography of a Bird, Terminology and Glossary
Migration
Moult Strategies
Ageing
Phylogenetic Relationships as Revealed by Molecular Analyses by Professor Staffan Bensch
Origins, Distributions and Extinction of Acrocephalus in the Pacific Ocean
Major Contributors and Sources
Colour Plates

Species Accounts (129-621)

Appendices:
Appendix 1: Sources of original descriptions, type localities and synonyms
Appendix 2: Live wing lengths of selected Palerartic migrant species
Appendix 3: Principal measurements from museum specimens
Appendix 4: Origins, migration status and moult strategies
Appendix 5: Comparative field characters of similar species
Appendix 6: Scientific names of other bird species mentioned in the text
Appendix 7: Recent developments to 2010

Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published	15 Sep 2010
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	712
ISBN	9780713660227
Imprint	Helm
Illustrations	48 colour plates
Dimensions	240 x 170 mm
Series	Helm Identification Guides
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

...destined to become the ultimate reference for these challenging birds.

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Full of amazingly comprehensive data, yet extending an invitation to a world in which so much waits to be discovered, Reed and Bush Warblers is a Premiership-level 'keeper' for sure. A magnum opus, worth of addition to any birder's library.

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