Stonechats

Ewan Urquhart (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2002
Helm (Verlag)
978-0-7136-6024-1 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive treatment of the birds of the genus Saxicola. It is primarily an identification guide, using colour plates and photographs to illustrate the various races and plumages, but it also covers the biology, habitat and range of each species. Distribution maps are included.

A comprehensive treatment of the birds of the genus Saxicola.

The genus Saxicola contains about 13 species, depending on taxonomy. They are a distinctive and popular group of birds, and include two very familiar and attractive British species - the Stonechat and Whinchat.

This volume is primarily an identification guide, using colour plates and photographs to illustrate the various races and plumages, but the text also covers the biology, habitat and range of each species. DNA data is presented, and there are distribution maps for each species.

Ewan Urquhart has been involved in field ornithology for the last 36 years. Adam Bowley, a professional bird artist, was the winner of the Identification Section of Birdwatch magazine'sprestigious Bird Illustrator of the Year award in 1999 and 2000.

Acknowledgements
Foreword

Sequence and Taxonomy
English Names of Birds
How to Use this Birds
Topography
A Molecular Phylogeny of Stonechats & Related Turdids by Michael Wink, Heidi Sauer-Gurth, Petra Heinrich Witt and Eberhard Gwinner
Colour Plates

Systematic Section (31-288)

Photographic Section
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.11.2002
Reihe/Serie	Helm Identification Guides
Illustrationen	Adam Bowley
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	968 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-7136-6024-4 / 0713660244
ISBN-13	978-0-7136-6024-1 / 9780713660241
Zustand	Neuware