Derek Onley, Paul Scofield

Field Guide to Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World

Illustrator: Onley, Derek

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Intended for sea-watchers, this is a comprehensive field guide to pelagic birds - the albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, storm-petrels and diving petrels. A total of 46 colour plates highlight key ID criteria of the birds in flight, with close-ups of diagnostic regions of the plumage. The plates are accompanied by accurate distribution maps.

Produktdetails

• Helm Field Guides
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9780713643329
• ISBN-10: 0713643323
• Artikelnr.: 21311317

Autorenporträt

Paul Scofield is the Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at Canterbury Museum, New Zealand. He has been a seabird biologist for over 20 years and has travelled from the high Arctic to the Antarctic studying them. Also based in New Zealand, Derek Onley is a wildlife artist of international acclaim. Specialising in seabirds, Derek has illustrated more than a dozen books and numerous other publications.

Inhaltsangabe

List of species and sub-species Preface Acknowledgements Taxonomy and the
species debate The four families: characteristics and taxonomic
relationships Identification Conservation How to use this book Seabird
topography Colour plates Species accounts Albatrosses Fulmarine Petrels
Prions Bulweria and Pseudobulwaria petrels Gadfly petrels Procellaria
petrels Shearwaters Diving-petrels Storm-petrels References Index