Gulls: Guide to Identification - Brossura

Grant, Peter J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0122956400 ISBN 13: 9780122956409

Casa editrice: Academic Pr, 1986

Riassunto

The Second Edition of Gulls: A Guide to Identification incorporates a great deal of new information discovered since the last edition. Most of the entries have been updated, and the species drawings and distribution maps have been improved. Gulls details 31 species, and includes a new section on eight extra species which occur on the west coast of Canada and the United States. The book now features all species and subspecies which occur regularly in the whole of North America.Key Features

* Covers 31 species in detail
* Contains more than 500 photographs including 79 photographs for eight North American species
* Improved identification drawings and distribution maps

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Contenuti

Acknowledgments
General Information
Format
Group One: Introduction
- Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
- Slender-billed Gull L. genei
- Bonaparte's Gull L. philadelphia
- Grey-headed Gull L. cirrocephalus
Group Two: Introduction
- Common Gull L. canus
- Mediterranean Gull L. melanocephalus
- Ring-billed Gull L. delawarensis
- Laughing Gull L. atricilla
- Franklin's Gull L. pipixcan
Group Three: Introduction
- Audouin's Gull L. audouinii
- Herring Gull L. argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull L. fuscus
- Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus
- Great Black-headed Gull L. ichthyaetus
Group Four: Introduction
- Little Gull L. minutus
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Sabine's Gull L. sabini
- Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Group Five: Introduction
- Glaucous Gull L. hyperboreus
- Iceland Gull L. glaucoides
Group Six: Introduction
- Sooty Gull L. hemprichii
- White-eyed Gull L. leucophthalmus
Group Seven: Introduction
- Heermann's Gull L. heermanni
- California Gull L. californicus
- Thayer's Gull L. thayeri
- Slaty-backed Gull L. schistisagus
- Yellow-footed Gull L. livens
- Western Gull L. occidentalis
- Glaucous-winged Gull L. glaucescens
- Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
References
Index of Photographs

Product Description

Book by Grant P J

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Academic Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0122956400
• ISBN 13: 9780122956409
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile