Description |
448 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Contents note continued: Phalaropes |
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Geographical area -- Sequence of species -- Races -- Species pairs -- Plumages and Moults -- Plumage terminology -- Plumage marks -- Feather patterns and wear -- Bare parts -- Seasonal plumage changes -- The plumage cycle -- The 'wrong' plumage -- The Charadrius plovers -- Primary moult -- Hybrid shorebirds -- Aberrant plumages -- Shorebird Behaviour -- Feeding behaviour -- Feeding techniques -- Other specialist feeders -- Crabs as shorebird prey -- Other aspects of feeding in shorebirds -- Resting -- Plumage care -- Introduction to the Species Accounts -- Jacanas -- Painted-snipe and Crab Plover -- Oystercatchers -- Ibisbill, Stilts and Avocets -- Thick-knees -- Egyptian Plover and Coursers -- Pratincoles -- Ringed plovers -- Other small plovers -- Pluvialis plovers -- Lapwings -- Calidris and related sandpipers -- Snipes -- Dowitchers -- Woodcocks -- Godwits -- Curlews -- Tringa and related sandpipers -- Turnstones -- |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Shore birds -- Northern Hemisphere -- Identification.
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Shore birds -- Northern Hemisphere -- Geographical distribution.
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Shore birds -- Northern Hemisphere.
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ISBN |
1408107902 (paperback) |
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9781408107904 (paperback) |
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