Feathers: An Identification Guide to the Feathers of Western European Birds

by Cloé Fraigneau

Overview

The most accurate guide to feathers of European birds ever published.

This book offers an innovative identification key, designed according to colour in addition to feather structure and shape.

Collection and conservation methods, locations of feathers on the bird, and identification and description of the feathers of more than 400 species are clearly explained and richly illustrated.

The large format of this book allows feathers to be shown in as much detail as possible, allowing readers to get to grips with the subtleties of their identification.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472971722
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	05/10/2022
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.95(w) x 11.45(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Cloé Fraigneau is an ornithologist who works for the Éducation et Recherche sur les Oiseaux et la Nature (Education and Research on Birds and Nature) association.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Collecting methods, conservation and identification
2. Factors useful for identification
3. Determining the location of a feather on a bird
4. Flight and tail feather shapes and adaptations
5. Keys to flight and tail feather determination
6. Some examples of identifiable body feathers
7. Exercise in the identification of some feathers of common species
8. Species descriptions
Appendices

Editorial Reviews

"This is an attractive book that will be of great use to anyone who collects feathers, and to a wider audience too." - British Birds

"A beautiful and highly original work." - Stephen Moss

From the Publisher