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This authoritative handbook covers the identification of this difficult group of warblers in breathtaking detail, illustrated with line drawings, sonograms, wonderful colour plates and photographs.
To the uninitiated, these are the archetypal 'little brown jobs' and as if they weren't hard enough to identify anyway, many of them are hard to see as well!
This detailed and comprehensive identification guide follows in the mould of Sylvia Warblers and Pipits and Wagtails. It primarily covers the genera Acrocephalus, Locustella, Cettia and Bradypterus, together with a few smaller related genera.
It is destined to become the ultimate reference for these challenging birds.
Contents
Foreword by Professor Philip Round
Acknowledgements
Physical features and main habitat types of Eurasia
Pacific Ocean showing location of major island and island groups
Provinces of China, India, Pakistan
Introduction
Taxonomy, Species Inclusion and Sequence
Genus and Species Account
Topography of a Bird, Terminology and Glossary
Migration
Moult Strategies
Ageing
Phylogenetic Relationships as Revealed by Molecular Analyses by Professor Staffan Bensch
Origins, Distributions and Extinction of Acrocephalus in the Pacific Ocean
Major Contributors and Sources
Colour Plates
Species Accounts (129-621)
Appendices:
Appendix 1: Sources of original descriptions, type localities and synonyms
Appendix 2: Live wing lengths of selected Palerartic migrant species
Appendix 3: Principal measurements from museum specimens
Appendix 4: Origins, migration status and moult strategies
Appendix 5: Comparative field characters of similar species
Appendix 6: Scientific names of other bird species mentioned in the text
Appendix 7: Recent developments to 2010
Bibliography
Index
