This is the ultimate identification guide to the nightjars, potoos, frogmouths, Oilbird, and owlet-nightjars of the world. Covering all 135 known species of these elusive and cryptically plumaged birds, this illustrated guide features more than 580 superb color photographs depicting every species and many subspecies, including numerous images never before published. Photos of museum specimens are provided for birds for which no images in the wild exist, including species not seen since their original discovery. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, confusion species, vocalizations, distribution, habitat and altitudinal range, breeding season and sites, egg type and clutch size, downy chick, status, and Red List category. This easy-to-use photographic guide also includes a color distribution map for every species as well as sections on plumage, taxonomy, and more.
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"Cleere has synthesized a lot of information about a group of birds that are difficult to identify and study, and presents it in an easy-to-use format. He has done a tremendous job of collecting numerous photos of these enigmatic birds that show many helpful identification characteristics and also their subtle beauty."--Sophie Webb, coauthor of A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2010). 2010 1st US edition. 4to (183 x 258mm). Pp464. Colour photographs of birds throughout, distribution maps, bibliography. Black cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Boards very slightly bowed but a very good new unread copy in dust-wrapper. This is a detailed and comprehensive guide to the nightjars of the world and their nocturnal relations. All 135 known species are covered, with close-up colour photographs of each, detailed identification information and distribution maps. The first section of the book describes the biology and habits of the group as a whole: Introduction; Distribution of the Caprimulgiformes; Plumage and structure; General biology - communication, camouflage and defence, food and feeding, breeding. Species accounts occupy the subsequent 400 or so pages. . Seller Inventory # 58353
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