Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds : : An Illustrated and Photographic Guide / / Tomasz Cofta.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Cofta, Tomasz,
• MitwirkendeR: Skakuj, Michał,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: WILDGuides ; 39
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.) :; 850 color illustrations, 219 black and white illustrations, 2488 color photos.

A richly illustrated, state-of-the-art field guide for identifying European passerines in flight—the first of its kindOpening up new frontiers in birdwatching, this is the first field guide for identifying European passerines in flight, featuring more than 830 stunning color illustrations from acclaimed bird artist Tomasz Cofta, who creates remarkably lifelike images using the latest digital technology. With detailed coverage of 206 passerines and 32 near-passerine landbirds, this cutting-edge book features a seamlessly integrated approach. It combines Cofta’s precise illustrations, which depict key shape and coloration features, with a range of photos for each species that show how they appear in flight. The species accounts are short, sharp, and authoritative, and essential information on individual flight manner and flock structure and behavior are represented concisely. In addition, flight calls are transliterated, briefly described, shown as sonograms, and backed up with a unique collection of more than a hundred online audio recordings. While the book is written in a style that will appeal to all birders, it also contains new knowledge on flight identification, making it a must-have for professional ornithologists and scientists as well.The first field guide to flight identification of European passerinesCovers 206 passerines and 32 near-passerine landbirdsFeatures more than 830 stunning color illustrationsIncludes a range of photos showing each species in flightProvides extensive information on flight calls

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- DEDICATION -- Contents -- Introduction -- Using this book -- The species accounts -- The types of bird -- Pigeons and doves (including comparative illustrations) -- Woodpeckers (including comparative illustrations) -- Swifts, swallows and martins (including comparative illustrations) -- Shrikes (including comparative illustrations) . -- Corvids (including comparative illustrations) -- Tits (including comparative illustrations) -- Larks and pipits (including comparative illustrations) -- Wagtails (including comparative illustrations) -- Acrocephalus and Locustella warblers (including comparative illustrations) -- Iduna and Hippolais warblers (including comparative illustrations) -- Phylloscopus warblers and crests (including comparative illustrations) -- Sylvia warblers (including comparative illustrations) -- Thrushes (including comparative illustrations) -- Robins, nightingales and chats -- Wheatears (including comparative illustrations) -- Sparrows and finches (including comparative illustrations) -- Buntings (including comparative illustrations) -- Sources of further information -- Acknowledgements and credits -- Index