Raptors of the World: A Field Guide - Couverture souple

Ferguson-Lees, James; Christie, David A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0713669578 ISBN 13 : 9780713669572

Editeur : Helm, 2005

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

James Ferguson-Lees is a leading British ornithologist and the editor of British Birds. He has served as President of the British Trust for Ornithology, a Committee Chairman and Deputy Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and a Council Member and Records Committee Chairman of the British Ornithologists' Union. He is the author of several books, including British Birds, The Shell Guide to the Birds of Britain, Raptors of the World and Ireland and Endangered Birds.

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.

Kim Franklin, a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, has exhibited his work in countries throughout Europe and Africa. His illustrations have appeared in numerous books, including Birds of the Western Palearctic, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, and the award-winning Parrots.

David Mead is a freelance artist and illustrator. He has contributed to a wide range of books and periodicals. He exhibits regularly and is noted for his meticulous attention to detail. He co-illustrated Raptors of the World (Helm).

Alan Harris has been a freelance illustrator since 1980, art consultant for British Birds since 1988, and one of the judges of the magazine's 'Bird Illustrator of the Year' competition since 1989 (have won first prize in 1982). His illustrations have appeared in numerous books including Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & Rollers, Finches & Sparrows, The Macmillan Birders' Guide to European and Middle Eastern Birds, volumes 5-7 of Birds of the Western Palearctic, Birds of the Western Palearctic - Concise Edition, and Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. He is particularly interested in Old World warblers and gulls.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Helm
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0713669578
• ISBN 13: 9780713669572
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Franklin Kim, Mead Professor David, Burton Philip, Harris Alan
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible