02997nam 2200637 a 450 991082805210332120240516080051.01-282-98630-997866129863071-4081-3551-51-4081-3550-7(CKB)2560000000070998(EBL)727353(OCoLC)742333320(SSID)ssj0000671645(PQKBManifestationID)11415479(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000671645(PQKBWorkID)10625273(PQKB)10821367(MiAaPQ)EBC727353(Au-PeEL)EBL727353(CaPaEBR)ebr10486713(CaONFJC)MIL298630(EXLCZ)99256000000007099820110819d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRaptors of the world /James Ferguson-Lees and David A. Christie ; illustrated by Kim Franklin, David Mead and Philip Burton1st ed.London Christopher Helm20011 online resource (993 p.)Helm identification guides"Digital editions published 2010."--T.p. verso.0-7136-8026-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 926-980) and index.Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF SPECIES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; USING THIS BOOK; ORDERS OF RAPTOR POPULATION SIZES; RAPTOR TOPOGRAPHY; MEASURING LENGTHS AND WINGSPANS OF RAPTORS; SEX AND AGE DIFFERENCES IN SIZES AND SHAPES OF RAPTORS; IDENTIFYING RAPTORS; RAPTOR MIGRATION; RAPTOR MOULT PATTERNS AND AGE CRITERIA; RAPTOR VISION, HEARING AND OLFACTION; RAPTOR PLUMAGES AND EXTERNAL STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY, SEQUENCE AND NOMENCLATURE OF RAPTORS; ENGLISH NAMES OF RAPTORS; COLOUR PLATES; SYSTEMATIC SECTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXThis guide covers all the world's 313 raptor species illustrated with adult, juvenile and selected immature plumages as well as main geographical races. There are illustrations of over 2000 perched and flying birds, some with typical prey and facing texts summarising length, wingspan, male-to-female proportion, shape and flight. The text is further enhanced with line drawings illustrating specific points about identification and behaviour. ""Covering every species of raptor on the planet, this book is perfect for anyone with an interest in birds of prey."" BirdwatchHelm identification guides.Birds of preyIdentificationBirds of prey598.9Ferguson-Lees James1596696Christie David A1596697Franklin Kim1596698Mead David914385Burton Philip John Kennedy686893MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828052103321Raptors of the world3918168UNINA