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Birds of South Asia
The Ripley Guide - Volume 1: Field Guide
29.00€
The most complete and up-to-date guide to the birds of the region. Revised and updated with the newest findings on vocalizations and taxonomy, including several taxa newly recorded for the region, species whose voice was previously unknown, and additional newly recognised species. Species lists follow familiar Peters order except where changes are well-corroborated by recent research.
- Vol.1 (Field Guide) only.
- To buy the set of two volumes (Vol.1 Field Guide + Vol.2 Attributes and Status), click here.
The most complete and up-to-date guide to the birds of the region. Revised and updated with the newest findings on vocalizations and taxonomy, including several taxa newly recorded for the region, species whose voice was previously unknown, and additional newly recognised species. Species lists follow familiar Peters order except where changes are well-corroborated by recent research.
- Now more user-friendly than ever, including vocalization descriptions for almost every species
- Covers all South Asian birds (including Afghanistan and Chagos).
- Over 3400 illustrations appear in 180 plates painted especially for this book by expert artists. These depict all known regional species and most distinctive subspecies and plumages.
- Over 1450 colour maps, based primarily on verified records, represent the ranges of each regularly occurring species and many distinctive races, and distinguish migratory routes from winter ranges.
- Maps are annotated as to geographic variation, status and habitat.
- Concise texts give key identification features of each species.
- To assist in locating groups within the text, illustrated plate keys are provided in the endpapers.
| Weight | 0.9 kg |
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| Dimensions | 15.3 × 22.1 cm |
| Language | English |
| Product format | Paperback |
| Pages | 384 |
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| ISBN | 978-84-96553-86-6 |
| Published in | August 2012 |
| Published by | Lynx Edicions |
Pamela C. Rasmussen has had a strong lifelong interest in birds, and received her Ph.D. at the University of Kansas for her work on systematics of Patagonian cormorants. She then worked at the Smithsonian Institution as Scientific Assistant to the Secretary Emeritus, before becoming an Assistant Curator at the Michigan State University Museum and Visiting Assistant Professor in MSU's Department of Zoology, where she teaches. Since 1998 she has described five new species of Asian birds and is currently working with a collaborator on another; two of these appear in this book. Rasmussen's research and fieldwork also resulted in the collaborative rediscovery in India of the Forest Owlet 113 years after the last definite report. While preparing this book, Rasmussen located museum specimens of six species previously unknown or unconfirmed for South Asia; re-evaluated the taxonomic status of many of the region's species; and uncovered numerous cases of wrongly and even fraudulently reported species in the region. She has made many research visits to The Natural History Museum, Tring, U.K. where she is a Scientific Associate, and for this book project has visited most museums with South Asian bird collections.
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