Field Guide to Birds of Central Asia - Raffael Ayé, Manuel Schweizer, Tobias Roth

Field Guide to Birds of Central Asia

Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2012
Helm (Verlag)
978-0-7136-7038-7 (ISBN)
46,75 inkl. MwSt
The definitive field guide to the birds of Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and
Afghanistan.
BIRDWATCHER'S HIGHLY COMMENDED BIRD BOOK OF THE YEAR

Birds of Central Asia is the first field guide to include the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, along with neighbouring Afghanistan.

This vast area includes a diverse variety of habitats, and the avifauna is similarly broad, from sandgrouse, ground jays and larks on the vast steppe and semi-desert to a broad range of raptors, and from woodland species such as warblers and nuthatches to a suite of montane species, such as snowcocks, accentors and snowfinches.

This book includes 141 high-quality plates covering every species (and all distinctive races) that occur in the region, along with concise text focusing on identification and accurate colour maps. Important introductory sections introduce the land and its birds.

Birds of Central Asia is a must-read for any birder or traveller visiting this remote region.

Raffael Ayé, Manuel Schweizer and Tobias Roth are a trio of ornithologists from Switzerland, based at the University of Berne. They are experts on the birds of Central Asia, with considerable experience in the field. Among their many achievements was the discovery of the breeding grounds of Large-billed Reed Warbler in Tajikistan.

Map of the Region
Acknowledgements
Introduction

How to Use This Book
The plates
Species accounts
Maps
Bird topography
Glossary
Taxonomy and nomenclature

Geography and Biogeography
Topography
Climate
Biomes and habitats in Central Asia

Organisations and Websites

Species Accounts (34-318)

Appendix 1: Old vagrants, undocumented records and doubtfully recorded species
Appendix 2: Moult and ageing of large raptors
Appendix 3: Identifying gulls
References
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.10.2012
Reihe/Serie Helm Field Guides
Zusatzinfo 141 colour plates, 450 colour maps
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 596 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Naturführer
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Schlagworte Vögel; Bestimmungsbuch
ISBN-10 0-7136-7038-X / 071367038X
ISBN-13 978-0-7136-7038-7 / 9780713670387
Zustand Neuware
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