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Aerial feeders (swifts, swallows and martins)
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Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 3
- Introduction 4
- How to use this book 6
- The parts of a bird 7
- Ageing, sexing and moult 8
- The species accounts 12
- The types of bird 14
- Wildfowl 20
- Grebes, divers and cormorants 72
- Seabirds 87
- Gulls and terns 106
- Skuas 146
- Waders . 154
- Large waterside birds 198
- Crakes and rails 216
- Galliforms (quails, partridges, francolins, pheasants and grouse) . Buttonquail 222
- Bustards 236
- Pigeons and doves 239
- Sandgrouse 239
- Nightjars 248
- Owls 250
- Birds of prey 265
- Cuckoos, kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers and hoopoes 320
- Woodpeckers 329
- Aerial feeders (swifts, swallows and martins) 339
- Larks, pipits and wagtails 348
- Wrens 372
- Accentors 373
- Orioles . Waxwings 376
- Starlings 378
- Dippers 381
- Babblers . Bulbuls 382
- Thrushes, chats, wheatears and Hypocolius 383
- Warblers, crests, cisticolas and prinias 412
- Flycatchers 448
- Nuthatches, treecreepers and Wallcreeper 452
- Tits 452
- Shrikes 466
- Corvids (jays, crows, nutcrackers and magpies) 471
- Finches and sparrows 480
- Buntings 508
- Endemic landbirds of the Atlantic islands 523
- Vagrant birds in Europe 530
- Established introductions 618
- The status and conservation of Europe’s birds 622
- Sources of further information 623
- Acknowledgements and photographers 624
- Index 628
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 3
- Introduction 4
- How to use this book 6
- The parts of a bird 7
- Ageing, sexing and moult 8
- The species accounts 12
- The types of bird 14
- Wildfowl 20
- Grebes, divers and cormorants 72
- Seabirds 87
- Gulls and terns 106
- Skuas 146
- Waders . 154
- Large waterside birds 198
- Crakes and rails 216
- Galliforms (quails, partridges, francolins, pheasants and grouse) . Buttonquail 222
- Bustards 236
- Pigeons and doves 239
- Sandgrouse 239
- Nightjars 248
- Owls 250
- Birds of prey 265
- Cuckoos, kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers and hoopoes 320
- Woodpeckers 329
- Aerial feeders (swifts, swallows and martins) 339
- Larks, pipits and wagtails 348
- Wrens 372
- Accentors 373
- Orioles . Waxwings 376
- Starlings 378
- Dippers 381
- Babblers . Bulbuls 382
- Thrushes, chats, wheatears and Hypocolius 383
- Warblers, crests, cisticolas and prinias 412
- Flycatchers 448
- Nuthatches, treecreepers and Wallcreeper 452
- Tits 452
- Shrikes 466
- Corvids (jays, crows, nutcrackers and magpies) 471
- Finches and sparrows 480
- Buntings 508
- Endemic landbirds of the Atlantic islands 523
- Vagrant birds in Europe 530
- Established introductions 618
- The status and conservation of Europe’s birds 622
- Sources of further information 623
- Acknowledgements and photographers 624
- Index 628