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Title: Raptors of the World by James Ferguson-Lees ISBN: 0-618-12762-3 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: raptors of the world
Comment: Probably this has become the standar work on world's raptor and it'll be for some time yet. But that's not because of its perfectness but on account on the impressive information given - I guess all worthwhile bibliography has been taken. Plates - arguably the most important section in a birdguide- are another issue. The style differences between the three artists are extremely sharp and work against the book itself ; Mr. Franklin is by far the best and modern-style illustrator, and the book could gained much waiting another couple of years for this guy to make all the plates. For better known raptor groups (that is, Northamerican, African, and Eurasian ones) the plates seem proficient, but for me, a Southern Southamerican birder, "Raptors..." with its preposterous Cathartidae and Caracaras, means nil improvement upon 1994's "Handbook of the Birds of the Wolrd" or even 1990's "Birds of the High Andes". The day a worldwide raptor (or whichever bird group) guide depicts less known/faraway birds as good as better known ones, we'll be able to talk about a "definitive work".
Rating: 5
Summary: If its not in here, then its not known.
Comment: This book is full of excellent colored plates as well as biological and ecological information. Also, the distibution maps are easy to read and often available with both the plates and the text.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent guide to Raptors of the world
Comment: Ferguson-Lees and Christie describe all 313 of the world's species of raptors. Each species is illustrated by adult, juvenile, and selected immature plumages. Also, geographical races and color morphs are depicted in the 112 color plates. Facing texts highlight the plumages shown and summarize length, wingspan, male-to-female proportion, shape, and flight. The individual accounts that follow the plates detail distribution and movement; habitat confusion species; voice; food; sociosexual behavior; breeding; population; geographical variations; measurements; and references. Contents and lists of species are given at the beginning of the book. Also, there is a valuable section on using the book and sections on raptor population, topography, measuring lengths and wingspans, sex and age differences, identifying raptors, migrations, molt patterns and age division, plumages and external structure, and taxonomy. This large volume offers excellent coverage of the raptors of the world with fine plates and maps. Recommended for all libraries. General readers; lower-division undergraduates through professionals.
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Title: Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World by Claus Konig, Friedhelm Weick, J. H. Becking ISBN: 0300079206 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World by Tony Juniper, Michael Parr, Dan Powell, David Johnston, Carl D'Silva, Mike Parr ISBN: 0300074530 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: The Birds of South America: The Oscine Passerines by Robert S. Ridgely, Tudor Guy ISBN: 0292707568 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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Title: Pipits and Wagtails. by Per Alstrom, Krister Mild ISBN: 0691088349 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.50 |
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Title: Where to Watch Birds in South America by Nigel Wheatley ISBN: 0691070466 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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