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Zusatztext My next birding trip is to Brazil...so this raptor guide will be travelling with me. Informationen zum Autor James Ferguson-Lees (1929-2017) was a a giant of 20th-century ornithology in Britain. An editor of British Birds magazine, he served as President of the British Trust for Ornithology, Deputy Director of the RSPB, and Records Committee Chairman of the British Ornithologists' Union. Ferguson-Lees also helped establish both the British Birds Rarities Committee and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. He is perhaps best remembered for his exposure (with Max Nicholson) of the long-standing fraud known as 'The Hastings Rarities Affair'. Ferguson-Lees was the author of several books, including the monumental Raptors of the World and its spin-off field guide, both published by Helm. Klappentext 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. Vorwort Raptors of the World is the definitive handbook to this most popular group of birds. This field guide uses all of the plates from Raptors of the World, with a concise, revised text on facing pages, to create an invaluable reference covering all 340 raptor species. Zusammenfassung Raptors of the World is the definitive handbook to this most popular group of birds. This field guide uses all of the plates from Raptors of the World, with a concise, revised text on facing pages, to create an invaluable reference covering all 340 raptor species. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
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James Ferguson-Lees was a a giant of 20th-century ornithology in Britain. An editor of
British Birds magazine, he served as President of the British Trust for Ornithology, Deputy Director of the RSPB, and Records Committee Chairman of the British Ornithologists' Union. Ferguson-Lees also helped establish both the British Birds Rarities Committee and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. Ferguson-Lees was the author of several books, including the magnificent monograph
Raptors of the World, on which this book is based.
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.
