Crossley The Crossley ID Guide

Eastern Birds
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3923-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 528 Seiten

Reihe: The Crossley ID Guides

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Crossley, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 5

Quick Key to Species 6

Introduction 22

How to Use This Book 22

How to Be a Better Birder 25

Species Accounts Waterbirds 36

Swimming Waterbirds 36

Flying Waterbirds 98

Walking Waterbirds 144

Landbirds

Upland Gamebirds 219

Raptors 231

Miscellaneous Larger Landbirds 269

Aerial Landbirds 315

Songbirds 332

Acknowledgments 517

Index 518

Shorthand (Alpha Codes) 518

Scientific Names 522

Common Names 526

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Crossley is an internationally acclaimed birder and photographer and the award-winning author of The Crossley ID Guide series (Princeton/Crossley Books), which has been recognized for its pioneering approach to bird identification. He is also a coauthor of The Shorebird Guide and the cofounder of the Pledge to Fledge global birding initiative, and he is working on multiple birding projects involving mixed media and new technologies such as birdcams.