COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TAXONOMY, RELATIONSHIPS AND CHARACTERISTICS; THE SKUA SPECIES: A BRIEF OVERVIEW; BREEDING BEHAVIOUR; AGE DEVELOPMENT OF SKUAS; SKUAS AND MAN; OBSERVING SKUAS IN THE FIELD; EXPLANATION OF THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS; COLOUR PLATES; SYSTEMATIC SECTION; COLOUR PHOTOGRHAPS; BIBILIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES
Summary
Skuas are a wide-ranging group of seabirds; some are found as far south as the Antarctic and others in the Arctic regions of the world. They are one of the most challenging groups of birds to identify because of variation in plumage according to the age of a given bird and conditions for identifying them. This book-the first complete guide to the skuas of the world-was designed to enable species identification and correct aging of these birds
Notes
Title from PDF title page (viewed Apr. 5, 2011)
Originally published 1997 by Pica Press
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-188) and index
