Shrikes and bush-shrikes
including wood-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, flycatcher-shrikes, philentomas, batises, and wattle-eyes
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Author
Publication
2000 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
98,000 words, Guess
Page Count
392 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6798182M
- ISBN-100691070369
- OCLC Control Number45218141
- OCLC Control Numbershrikesbushshrik0000harr
- Library of Congress Control Number00102215
and 2 more
- Goodreads4481741
- LibraryThing1807910
Classifications
- DDC598.8/62
- LCCQL696.P248 H365 2000
Alternate Titles
- Shrikes & bush-shrikes
Description
"This is the first book to cover the identification, biology and relationships of all true shrikes, bush-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, wood-shrikes, the closely related flycatcher-shrikes, philentomas, batises and wattle-eyes. This group comprises 114 species in 21 genera within the families Laniidae and Malaconotidae." "All species are portrayed in 41 colour plates, consisting of over 480 illustrations and depicting differences in sex, age, geographical variation, and flight pattern. Facing the plates are identification captions and colour distribution maps for at-a-glance reference. The introduction explains the history of relationships within the group and highlights the issues of conservation and species identification. It offers birdwatchers, conservationists and ornithologists a challenge to evaluate species from the perspective of behavioural communication, stressing acoustic and visual signals in an attempt to better understand what species represent. For each genus, acoustic and visual signals are summarised and used to map similarities."--Jacket.
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