Terns of Europe and North America - Hardcover

Olsen, Klaus Malling; Larsson, Hans

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691043876 ISBN 13: 9780691043876

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Terns are elegant sea and marshland birds that live throughout the world. In Europe and North America a total of twenty-three species is represented, all of which are dealt with in this book. The variations among the species and their subspecies is great, and identification is therefore often highly problematic. Terns are long-distance migrants and can be seen regularly on passage between their normal breeding and wintering areas.

Klaus Malling Olsen devotes much attention to the immature and winter plumages of these birds, which are generally inadequately described in most other field guides, while he also deals in depth with the problems of moult, species, and subspecies. The text covers the bird in the field, moult, and the bird in the hand. The author concludes each species account with extensive data on measurements and weight and an itemized key to identification. The text is accompanied by over forty color plates, which have been specially prepared for this guide by the talented Swedish bird artist Hans Larsson. The book is completed with a forty-eight-page representative photographic section.

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Danish

Review:

"Winner of the 1994 Bird Book of the Year (U.K.), Birdwatch"

"If you are even remotely interested in the details of critical tern ID ..., this book is a must. You simply have only one option: buy two copies, one for the field and one for home." (Birding)

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0691043876
• ISBN 13: 9780691043876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176