Zoology: birds (ornithology)

Using a fresh approach that classifies birds according to their bioclimatic characteristics, Clive Finlayson views the history and distribution of Palearctic birds from a radical new angle.

This book summarises the status and distribution of all species of wild birds known to have bred in Britain and Ireland since 1800.

This book summarises the status and distribution of all species of wild birds known to have bred in Britain and Ireland since 1800.

The book describes all the main habitat types, the structure and composition of bird communities, and reviews bird sites and their distribution throughout Britain.

Dippers are the world's only truly aquatic passerine birds, and their remarkable swimming and diving abilities have long attracted the interest of research biologists on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as elsewhere in Europe and Japan.

The Ruff is a fascinating species whose elaborate breeding behaviour has captivated ornithologists for decades.

Breeding along the northern Pacific coast from British Columbia to Japan, this little known bird dwelt in relative obscurity until it became the focus of a conservation debate which has resulted in a new National Park in the Queen Charlotte Islands, where half the world's population breeds.

This new slim volume is an authoritative guide to the best birding sites in Ethiopia, lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps.

Although the majority of the world's Herons live in the tropics and subtropics, Europe is home to nine species, some large, some small, some colonial, some solitary breeders.

The definitive book on owls.

This eagerly awaited guide offers the most comprehensive treatment ever published on the gulls of Europe, Asia and North America.

This is the first field guide to the birds of this fascinating region, and a companion to Birds of East Africa by two of the same authors.

This is the first book created primarily for the field identification of parrots, one of the most familiar and colorful groups of birds.

This is the first book created primarily for the field identification of parrots, one of the most familiar and colorful groups of birds.

Featuring updated data for this second edition, this is a field guide
to the tracks and signs of European birds.

A comprehensive treatment of the birds of the genus Saxicola.

Pipits and Wagtails is the first comprehensive guide to all the species and subspecies that occur in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America.

Pipits and Wagtails is the first comprehensive guide to all the species and subspecies that occur in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America.

This guide brings together, for the first time in single volume, a comprehensive review of all the world's pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquails, sandgrouse, and the enigmatic Plains-wanderer - over 250 species in all.

This guide brings together, for the first time in single volume, a comprehensive review of all the world's pheasants, partridges, quails, grouse, turkeys, guineafowl, buttonquails, sandgrouse, and the enigmatic Plains-wanderer - over 250 species in all.

This fascinating study describes the natural histories of these brood parasites and examines many of the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their prey.

This fascinating study describes the natural histories of these brood parasites and examines many of the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their prey.

This volume is dedicated to the field identification of pigeons and doves, and it incorporates much recent information on the family.

This volume is dedicated to the field identification of pigeons and doves, and it incorporates much recent information on the family.

This is the first comprehensive guide to these closely related families.

'Covering every species of raptor on the planet, this book is perfect for anyone with an interest in birds of prey.

This is the first comprehensive guide to these closely related families.

Based on phylogenetic research, this complete study of the genus Sylvia describes two new species and establishes identification criteria for all members of the family.

This book covers 43 species of munias and mannikins.

This book covers 43 species of munias and mannikins.

The book covers the identification, biology and relationships of all true shrikes, bush-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, the closely related shrike flycatchers, philentomas, batises and wattle-eyes.

This book is devoted to the 162 species of thrush, one of the most widespread and well-known families of birds in the world.

This book is devoted to the 162 species of thrush, one of the most widespread and well-known families of birds in the world.

Swifts pose some of the most difficult identification field identification problems and it is the aim of this guide to provide information that will help resolve many of these problems.

Swifts pose some of the most difficult identification field identification problems and it is the aim of this guide to provide information that will help resolve many of these problems.

This is a guide to rails, a relatively homogeneous family of birds spread throughout the world.

Field guide to nightjars and related bird species, including frogmouths, potoos, owlet-nightjars and the oilbird.

This is a guide to rails, a relatively homogeneous family of birds spread throughout the world.

This eagerly awaited guide offers the most comprehensive treatment ever published on the gulls of Europe, Asia and North America.

A review of the 123 species of kingfisher, bee-eater and roller.

Many warblers are notoriously difficult to identify in the field (and even in the hand!

This reference guide gives general details about the swallows and martins of the world.

Crows and Jays is a combination of scientifically accurate information and an identification guide, planned to give anyone, whether a birdwatcher or biologist, a greater understanding of the lives of these beautiful, yet very complex, group of birds.

Covering 22 species found in the Western Palearctic and North America, this guide lists each species under the sections of: field identification; moult; description; geographical variation; measurements; and weight.

Long-Eared Bats examines the biology, ecology and behaviour of two European bat species - Plecotus auritus and Plecotus austriacus.

As ice retreated from Britain 15,000 years ago, a host of large mammals including reindeer, wild horses, wooly mammoths, moose, wolves, brown bears, lynxes and wolverines established itself in Britain.

The Nuthatches is based on the European Nuthatch, with comparative information on the other west Paleartic and world species.

There are four species of tundra plover: the Grey Plover, and the Eurasian, Pacific, and American golden plovers.

This is the first ever monograph on the Whooper Swan.

The definitive guide to the birds of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia The Horn of Africa has the highest endemism of any region in Africa, and around 70 species are found nowhere else in the world.