Birds of Britain and Europe Jürgen Nicolai Detlef Singer Konrad Wothe
Résumé
This new full-colour photographic guide to over 310 species of bird found in Britain and Europe arranges birds by size for easy identification Each species is illustrated with its own colour photograph Individual descriptions include facts on appearance, flight, voice/song, habitat, food and breeding Additional helpful illustrations show flight patterns, different plumages and bird silhouettes Distribution maps for the whole of Europe are provided for each species
- Auteur :
- Nicolai, Jürgen
- Auteur :
- Singer, Detlef ; Wothe, Konrad
- Éditeur :
- Angleterre, Harpercollins, 1994
- Genre :
- Essai
- Langue :
- anglais.
- Mots-clés :
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- Sujet :
- oiseaux
- Description du livre original :
- 350 pages
- ISBN :
- 9780261674028.
- Domaine public :
- Non
Table des matières
- Mentions légales
- Resume
- Bird identification made easy
- Colour key to groups of birds
- How to start identifying birds
- The choice of species
- Explanation
- Occurrence in Britain
- Identification
- Flight
- Voice, song
- Habitat
- Food
- Breeding
- Similar species
- Drawings
- Symbols and abbreviations at a glance
- Distribution maps
- For more information
- The authors
- Useful addresses
- Great Crested Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
- Black-necked Grebe
- Little Grebe
- Slavonian Grebe
- Red-throated Diver
- Great Northern Diver
- Black-throated Diver
- Storm Petrel
- Manx Shearwater
- Fulmar
- Gannet
- Shag
- Cormorant
- White Pelican
- Purple Heron
- Grey Heron
- Cattle Egret
- Little Egret
- Great White Egret
- Squacco Heron
- Night Heron
- Bittern
- Little bittern
- Spoonbill
- White stork
- Black Stork
- Greater Flamingo
- Mute Swan
- Whooper Swan
- Bewick's Swan
- Greylag Goose
- Pink-footed Goose
- Bean Goose
- White fronted goose
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Canada Goose
- Barnacle Goose
- Brent Goose
- Shelduck
- Mallard
- Gadwall
- Pintail
- Teal
- Garganey
- Wigeon
- Shoveler
- Red-crested Pochard
- Pochard
- Tufted Duck
- Scaup
- Ferruginous Duck
- Eider
- Velvet Scoter
- Common Scoter
- Goldeneye
- Long-tailed Duck
- Mandarin
- Goosander
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Smew
- Birds of prey in flight
- Osprey
- White-tailed Eagle
- Red Kite
- Black Kite
- Short-toed Eagle
- Goshawk
- Sparrowhawk
- Buzzard
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Honey-buzzard
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Spotted Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Imperial Eagle
- Golden Eagle
- Lammergeier
- Egyptian Vulture
- Griffon Vulture
- Marsh Harrier
- Hen Harrier
- Montagu's Harrier
- Peregrine
- Lanner
- Saker
- Hobby
- Red-footed Falcon
- Merlin
- Kestrel
- Lesser Kestrel
- Eagle Owl
- Snowy Owl
- Barn Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Scops Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Hawk Owl
- Tengmalm's Owl
- Tawny Owl
- Little Owl
- WADERS
- Silhouettes of birds at rest and moving
- Great Bustard
- Little Bustard
- Water Rail
- Spotted Crake
- Little Crake
- Baillon's Crake
- Corncrake
- Coot
- Moorhen
- Crane
- Oystercatcher
- Black-winged Stilt
- Avocet
- Ringed Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Kentish Plover
- Golden Plover
- Grey Plover
- Dotterel
- Turnstone
- Lapwing
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Little Stint
- Temminck's Stint
- Sanderling
- Knot
- Purple Sandpiper
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Redshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Greenshank
- Wood Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Ruff
- Curlew
- Whimbrel
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Woodcock
- Jack Snipe
- Snipe
- Stone-curlew
- Collared Pratincole
- Great Skua
- Arctic Skua
- Long-tailed Skua
- Black-headed Gull
- Little Gull
- Mediterranean Gull
- Glaucous Gull
- Iceland Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Herring Gull
- Common Gull
- Kittiwake
- Sandwich Tern
- Common Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Little Tern
- Black Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- Puffin
- Black Guillemot
- Little Auk
- Guillemot
- Razorbill
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse
- Nightjar
- Swift
- Alpine Swift
- Willow Grouse/Red Grouse
- Ptarmigan
- Capercaillie
- Black Grouse
- Hazel Hen
- Red-legged Partridge
- Grey Partridge
- Quail
- Pheasant
- Turtle Dove
- Collared Dove
- Stock Dove
- Woodpigeon
- Rock Dove
- Cuckoo
- Kingfisher
- Roller
- Bee-eater
- Hoopoe
- Wryneck
- Black Woodpecker
- Grey-headed Woodpecker
- Green Woodpecker
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- PIGEONS AND WOODPECKERS
- Silhouettes of birds perched and in flight
- PASSERINES 1
- Silhouettes of corvids perched and in flight
- Crested Lark
- Skylark
- Woodlark
- Shore Lark
- Sand Martin
- Crag Martin
- House Martin
- Swallow
- Water Pipit
- Tree Pipit
- Meadow Pipit
- Tawny Pipit
- Yellow Wagtail
- Grey Wagtail
- Pied Wagtail
- Waxwing
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Great Grey Shrike
- Red-backed Shrike
- Woodchat Shrike
- Dunnock
- Alpine Accentor
- Cetti's Warbler
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
- Reed Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Great Reed Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Fan-tailed Warbler
- Icterine Warbler
- Whitethroat
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Garden Warbler
- Blackcap
- Barred Warbler
- Dartford Warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Chiffchaff
- Wood Warbler
- Bonelli's Warbler
- Goldcrest
- Firecrest
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Collared Flycatcher
- Pied Flycatcher
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Whinchat
- Stonechat
- Blue Rock Thrush
- Rock Thrush
- Wheatear
- Black Redstart
- Redstart
- Robin
- Bluethroat
- Nightingale
- Thrush Nightingale
- PASSERINES 2
- Flight outlines and silhouettes
- Blackbird
- Ring Ouzel
- Fieldfare
- Redwing
- Song Thrush
- Mistle Thrush
- Bearded Tit
- Long-tailed Tit
- Penduline Tit
- Great Tit
- Blue Tit
- Crested Tit
- Marsh Tit
- Willow Tit
- Coal Tit
- Nuthatch
- Treecreeper
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Wallcreeper
- Dippers
- Wren
- Yellowhammer
- Corn Bunting
- Lapland Bunting
- Reed Bunting
- Ortolan Bunting
- Snow Bunting
- Rock Bunting
- Cirl Bunting
- Chaffinch
- Brambling
- Crossbill
- Scottish Crosbill
- Scarlet Rosefinch
- Bullfinch
- Greenfich
- Goldfinch
- Siskin
- Serin
- Redpoll
- Citril Finch
- Linnet
- Hawfinch
- Snowfinch
- Twite
- House Sparrow
- Rock Sparrow
- Tree Sparrow
- Golden Oriole
- Starling
- Nutcracker
- Jay
- Magpie
- Alpine Chough
- Chough
- Jackdaw
- Rook
- Carrion Crow
- Hooded Crow
- Raven
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