Raptors of the World: A Field Guide

by James Ferguson-Lees, David A. Christie

Overview

Raptors of the World is the definitive handbook to this most popular group of birds.

This new field guide uses all of the illustration plates from Raptors of the World, with a concise, revised text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference covering all 340 raptor species. Several of the plates have been reworked and repainted for this guide. The book also has an updated colour distribution map for each species.

Much of the extensive introductory material has been retained in this guide, with the addition of a complete species list containing all subspecies and brief details of their ranges. Armed with this guide, birders will be able to identify with confidence any raptor encountered anywhere in the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472987648
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/17/2020
Series:	Helm Field Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	144 MB
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About the Author

David A. Christie is an ornithologist, editor and translator. He is co-author of a number of books, including Raptors of the World and the award-winning Woodpeckers.

James Ferguson-Lees is a leading British ornithologist and the editor of British Birds. He has served as President of the British Trust for Ornithology, a Committee Chairman and Deputy Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and a Council Member and Records Committee Chairman of the British Ornithologists' Union. He is the author of several books, including British Birds, The Shell Guide to the Birds of Britain, Raptors of the World and Ireland and Endangered Birds.
James Ferguson-Lees is a leading British ornithologist and the editor of British Birds. He has served as President of the British Trust for Ornithology, a Committee Chairman and Deputy Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and a Council Member and Records Committee Chairman of the British Ornithologists' Union. He is the author of several books, including British Birds, The Shell Guide to the Birds of Britain, Raptors of the World and Ireland and Endangered Birds.
David A. Christie is an ornithologist, editor and translator. He is co-author of a number of books, including Raptors of the World and the award-winning Woodpeckers.

Table of Contents

List of Species and Subspecies
Introduction
Using This Book
Orders of Raptor Population Sizes
Raptor Topography
Measuring Lengths and Wingspans of Raptors
Sex and Age Differences in Sizes and Shapes of Raptors
Identifying Raptors
Raptor Migration
Moult Patterns, Age Criteria and Polymorphism
Taxonomy, Sequence and Nomenclature of Raptors
English Names of Raptors

Bibliography
Quick Guide to Plates, Captions and Maps
Key Plates to Genera: Plates 1-3
Species Plates with Facing Texts and Distribution Maps: Plates 4-118
Further Reading
Index