Description
Book SynopsisThis authoritative handbook covers the identification of this difficult group of warblers in breathtakingdetail, illustrated with line drawings, sonograms, wonderful colourplates and photographs. It is destined to become the ultimate referencefor these challenging birds.
Trade Review'destined to become the ultimate reference for these challenging birds' Birdbooker report website (12th November 2010) 'Full of amazingly comprehensive data, yet extending an invitation to a world in which so much waits to be discovered, Reed and Bush Warblers is a Premiership-level 'keeper' for sure. A magnum opus, worth of addition to any birder's library.' Birdwatch (April 2011)
Table of ContentsForeword by Professor Philip Round Acknowledgements Physical features and main habitat types of Eurasia Pacific Ocean showing location of major island and island groups Provinces of China, India, Pakistan Introduction Taxonomy, Species Inclusion and Sequence Genus and Species Account Topography of a Bird, Terminology and Glossary Migration Moult Strategies Ageing Phylogenetic Relationships as Revealed by Molecular Analyses
by Professor Staffan Bensch Origins, Distributions and Extinction of
Acrocephalus in the Pacific Ocean Major Contributors and Sources Colour Plates Species Accounts (129-621)
Appendices: Appendix 1: Sources of original descriptions, type localities and synonyms Appendix 2: Live wing lengths of selected Palerartic migrant species Appendix 3: Principal measurements from museum specimens Appendix 4: Origins, migration status and moult strategies Appendix 5: Comparative field characters of similar species Appendix 6: Scientific names of other bird species mentioned in the text Appendix 7: Recent developments to 2010 Bibliography Index
