A Field Guide to the Raptors of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa
In this comprehensive new identification guide, Bill Clark presents the latest information on tried and tested field marks for identifying the diurnal raptors of the Western Palearctic region. Forty-eight stunning colour plates, especially painted for this volume by artist N. John Schmitt, depict all the plumages for every raptor, both regularly occurring and vagrant. The plates are augmented by a forty-page colour photograph section. The accompanying text provides the reader with essential clues to identification: detailed plumage descriptions for each age, sex, and colour morph; sections describing flight, moult, behaviour, and distribution for every species; sections on similar species - notoriously difficult to identify - and how to distinguish them. Each account concludes with the range of measurements for length, wing span, and weight. This will be essential reading for any birdwatcher or ornithologist who wants to watch and identify the regionīs raptors in the field.
Author: William Clark
Publisher: OUP
Extra Details: Pictorial Card Covers 6 x 8 inches tall.396 Pages.Lavishly illustrated with Colour plates and distribution maps.NEW BOOK
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