James D. Rising

A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Beadle, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada provides comprehensive information on all the features that make possible identification of all 62 species of sparrows that occur in North America.

The text gives detailed descriptions of the summer, winter, and juvenile plumages of each species, as well as comparisons with similar species. The species accounts are illustrated with range maps and superb line drawings showing behavioral postures and, where useful, fine features of tail feather patterns. The 27 color plates splendidly illustrate the various plumages of each species with the emphasis on the distinctive appearance of birds of different sex, age, and geographic regions.

This beautiful and authoritative book is a must for the library of all keen birders living in and visiting North America.

Species accounts include discussions of species':

* Identification
* Measurements
* Voice
* Habitat
* Ecology
* Nesting biology
* Distribution
* Taxonomy
* Geographic variations
* Historical and present status

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 379
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408134603
• Artikelnr.: 38282216

Autorenporträt

James D. Rising was born in 1942, and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He received degrees from the University of Kansas, receiving his PhD. in 1968. He then did postdoctoral research at Cornell University, studying the ecological physiology of Black-capped Chickadees and Bullock's and Baltimore orioles, working with the physiologist Dr. Jack Hudson.

In 1969, Jim was hired by the University of Toronto, Department of Zoology, concentrating his research on studies of geographic variation of the Savannah Sparrow, a species that is common throughout most of North America. He also worked on the systematics and geographic variation of sharp-tailed sparrows, and continued his research on hybridization of birds in the Great Plains.