"Pretty much indispensable to a birder travelling in the subcontinent" - British Birds
With a wide range of habitats and a dazzling and diverse avifauna, the Indian Subcontinent is one of the world's greatest birding hotspots. This second edition of Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp's ground-breaking work is a comprehensive field guide to the region, covering all species known to occur in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Fully revised and updated, this authoritative book includes more than 240 colour plates of detailed illustrations, alongside concise species accounts describing key identification features, range, habitat and voice with accurate range maps for each species.
Peerless in the scope of its coverage yet still portable enough for field use, Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent is an essential companion for any birdwatcher tackling the mountains, rainforests, plains, wetlands or deserts of this magical region.
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Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Second Edition
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- English
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eBook - ePub
Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Second Edition
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Biological SciencesTable of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- How to Use this Book
- Plumage Terminology
- Glossary
- The Indian Subcontinent
- Threats and Conservation
- Family Summaries
- Species Accounts and Plates
- Ducks and geese Anatidae
- Megapodes Megapodiidae
- Partridges and pheasants Phasianidae
- Grebes Podicipedidae
- Pigeons and doves Columbidae
- Sandgrouse Pteroclidae
- Bustards Otididae
- Cuckoos, malkohas and coucals Cuculidae
- Frogmouths Podargidae
- Nightjars Caprimulgidae
- Treeswifts Hemiprocnidae
- Swifts Apodidae
- Rails, crakes and coots Rallidae
- Cranes Gruidae
- Jacanas Jacanidae
- Ibisbill Ibidorhynchidae
- Stilts and avocets Recurvirostridae
- Plovers and lapwings Charadriidae
- Painted-snipes Rostratulidae
- Snipes, curlews, sandpipers and stints Scolopacidae
- Buttonquails Turnicidae
- Coursers and pratincoles Glareolidae
- Jaegers and skuas Stercorariidae
- Gulls, terns, noddies and skimmers Laridae
- Tropicbirds Phaethontidae
- Southern storm petrels Oceanitidae
- Shearwaters and petrels Procellariidae
- Storks Ciconiidae
- Frigatebirds Fregatidae
- Darters Anhingidae
- Pelicans Pelecanidae
- Herons and bitterns Ardeidae
- Flamingos Phoenicopteridae
- Osprey Pandionidae
- Hawks, eagles and vultures Accipitridae
- Barn owls Tytonidae
- Typical owls Strigidae
- Trogons Trogonidae
- Hornbills Bucerotidae
- Kingfishers Alcedinidae
- Bee-eaters Meropidae
- Hoopoes Upupidae
- Asian barbets Megalaimidae
- Honeyguides Indicatoridae
- Wrynecks, piculets and woodpeckers Picidae
- Falcons Falconidae
- Parrots and parakeets Psittacidae
- Broadbills Eurylaimidae
- Pittas Pittidae
- Cuckooshrikes and minivets Campephagidae
- Vireos Vireonidae
- Old World orioles Oriolidae
- Woodswallows Artamidae
- Fantails Rhipiduridae
- Fairy flycatchers Stenostiridae
- Drongos Dicruridae
- Shrikes Laniidae
- Crows, magpies and jays Corvidae
- Tits Paridae
- Penduline-tits Remizidae
- Larks ALAUDIDAE
- Bearded Reedling Panuridae
- Cisticolas Cisticolidae
- Reed warblers Acrocephalidae
- Grasshopper warblers and grassbirds Locustellidae
- Cupwings Pnoepygidae
- Martins and swallows Hirundinidae
- Bulbuls Pycnonotidae
- Hypocolius Hypocoliidae
- Leaf warblers Phylloscopidae
- Bush warblers Scotocercidae
- Long-tailed tits Aegithalidae
- Sylvia warblers Sylviidae
- Parrotbills Paradoxornithidae
- White-eyes and yuhinas Zosteropidae
- Scimitar babblers Timaliidae
- Ground babblers Pellorneidae
- Laughingthrushes Leiothrichidae
- Nuthatches Sittidae
- Wallcreeper and spotted creepers Tichodromidae
- Dippers Cinclidae
- Starlings and mynas Sturnidae
- Thrushes Turdidae
- Chats and Old World flycatchers Muscicapidae
- Flowerpeckers Dicaeidae
- Sunbirds and spiderhunters Nectariniidae
- Fairy bluebirds Irenidae
- Weavers Ploceidae
- Munias Estrildidae
- Accentors Prunellidae
- Old World sparrows Passeridae
- Pipits and wagtails Motacillidae
- Finches Fringillidae
- Buntings Emberizidae
- Appendix – Vagrants
- Loons Gaviidae
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