Raptors of the World: A Field Guide

Description

Raptors of the World is the definitive handbook to this most popular group of birds. This new field guide uses all of the illustration plates from Raptors of the World, with a concise, revised text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference covering all 340 raptor species. Several of the plates have been reworked and repainted for this guide. The book also has an updated colour distribution map for each species. Much of the extensive introductory material has been retained in this guide, with the addition of a complete species list containing all subspecies and brief details of their ranges. Armed with this guide, birders will be able to identify with confidence any raptor encountered anywhere in the world.

The authors are both highly-regarded ornithologists with a particularinterest in raptors. They previously worked together on theaward-winning Raptors of the World (Helm).

"I think this book will definitely improve your chances of working out what you are looking at."My next birding trip is to Brazil so this raptor guide will be travelling with me." Keith Betton Birdwatch (June 2006) "I will use it frequently especially as a comprehensive review of the world of raptors and in courses I teach on raptor biology."Clayton M WhiteBrigham Young UniversityUtah, USA Emu - Aural Ornithology (2006) "The guide is certain to be much used and appreciated by raptor enthusiasts worldwide." British Ornithologists Union (2006)