Shrikes: a guide to the shrikes of the world.

LeFranc, Norbert and Tim Worfolk.

ISBN 10: 187340347X / ISBN 13: 9781873403471

Published by london: Pica Press, 1997., 2000

About this Item

Octavo,192 pp.,16 colour plates, maps, fine copy in slightly sunned dustwrapper. The 'true' shrikes occur throughout most of the Old World and North America. Covers 31 species.

Seller Inventory # 24136

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shrikes: a guide to the shrikes of the world.
• Publisher: london: Pica Press, 1997.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 187340347X
• ISBN 13: 9781873403471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

/ 9789074345156 / Birds / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 18 x 25 cm / 192 .pp /

From the Back Cover

Shrikes are a charismatic group of small- to medium-sized birds with striking raptor-hooked bills and a face mask that gives them the look of small, fierce highwaymen. Their Latin name, Lanius, means butcher, and shrikes are commonly known as butcher-birds for their habit of impaling prey on the thorns of bushes. This book is the first complete guide to the thirty-one species in three genera of the family Laniidae. Along with superb illustrations and range maps to facilitate successful field identification of all the shrike species, this useful book contains the most recent information on the entire shrike family.