Birds of northern India /
An exploration of the birdlife of northern India and Pakistan. The plates are accompanied by text that highlights the identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution and status of the birds. The text is on pages facing the plates, and there are distribution maps for every species.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2018
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| Series: | Helm field guides.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; How to Use this Book; Descriptive Parts of a Bird; Geographical Setting; Main Habitats; Important Bird Species; Migration; Birdwatching Areas; National Organisations; International Organisations; References; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Family Summaries; Colour Plates and Species Accounts; Plate 1. Snowcocks, partridges and francolins; Plate 2. Quails and buttonquails; Plate 3. Partridges, spurfowl and himalayan quail; Plate 4. Pheasants; Plate 5. Pheasants; Plate 6. Ducks; Plate 7. Geese and ducks
- Plate 8. DucksPlate 9. Ducks; Plate 10. Diving ducks; Plate 11. Yellow-rumped honeyguide and woodpeckers; Plate 12. Woodpeckers; Plate 13. Woodpeckers; Plate 14. Barbets; Plate 15. Hornbills; Plate 16. Common hoopoe, trogons and rollers; Plate 17. Kingfishers; Plate 18. Bee-Eaters; Plate 19. Cuckoos; Plate 20. Cuckoos and 84 malkohas; Plate 21. Coucals and parakeets; Plate 22. Swifts; Plate 23. Medium-sized and small owls; Plate 24. Large owls; Plate 25. Small and medium-sized owls; Plate 26. Nightjars; Plate 27. Pigeons; Plate 28. Doves; Plate 29. Green pigeons
- Plate 30. Bustards and floricansPlate 31. Cranes; Plate 32. Rails and crakes; Plate 33. Rails and crakes; Plate 34. Sandgrouse; Plate 35. Woodcock, snipes and painted-snipe; Plate 36. Godwits, curlews and tringa sandpipers; Plate 37. Miscellaneous waders; Plate 38. Miscellaneous waders; Plate 39. Miscellanous waders and jacanas; Plate 40. Plovers; Plate 41. Lapwings; Plate 42. Coursers, pratincoles and indian skimmer; Plate 43. Gulls; Plate 44. Large terns; Plate 45. Medium-sized and small terns; Plate 46. Osprey, baza and kites; Plate 47. Sea eagles and fish eagles; Plate 48. Vultures
- Plate 49. VulturesPlate 50. Various raptors; Plate 51. Harriers; Plate 52. Accipiters; Plate 53. Oriental honey-buzzard and buzzards; Plate 54. Aquila eagles; Plate 55. Aquila eagles; Plate 56. Eagles and hawk eagles; Plate 57. Falconets and falcons; Plate 58. Falcons; Plate 59. Grebes, darter and cormorants; Plate 60. Egrets and herons; Plate 61. Small herons and bitterns; Plate 62. Flamingos, ibises and eurasian spoonbill; Plate 63. Pelicans; Plate 64. Storks; Plate 65. Storks; Plate 66. Pittas, long-tailed broadbill and leafbirds; Plate 67. Shrikes; Plate 68. Jays, magpies and treepies
- Plate 69. CrowsPlate 70. Woodswallow, orioles and cuckooshrikes; Plate 71. Minivets, flycatcher-shrike and fantails; Plate 72. Drongos; Plate 73. Black-naped monarch to dippers; Plate 74. Thrushes; Plate 75. Thrushes; Plate 76. Thrushes and shortwings; Plate 77. Flycatchers; Plate 78. Flycatchers and niltavas; Plate 79. Rubythroats and robins; Plate 80. Robins and redstarts; Plate 81. Redstarts and forktails; Plate 82. Cochoas and bushchats; Plate 83. Wheatears; Plate 84. Starlings and mynas; Plate 85. Nuthatches and treecreepers; Plate 86. Tits; Plate 87. Tits and winter wren
