FLIGHT IDENTIFICATION OF EUROPEAN RAPTORS. By R.F. Porter, Ian Willis, Steen Christensen and Bent Pors Nielsen.

Porter (R.F.), Willis (Ian), Christensen (Steen) & Nielsen (Bent Pors).

ISBN 10: 0856610275 / ISBN 13: 9780856610271

Editore: T. & A.D. Poyser. Calton, Staffordshire. 1981, 2010

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1974) 1981 3rd edition. 8vo (158 x 254mm). Pp180. 248 b/w photographs of raptors in flight, illustrations by Ian Willis, red end-papers. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight spotting to edges, good-plus in dust-wrapper. "The identification of the diurnal birds of prey is especially difficult. There is wide variation in plumage among some species, especially the eagles and buzzards, and in all species general outlines and wing positions are much affected by the prevailing conditions, by wind and light, and by the bird's behaviour at the time. Often, too, the birds are only sighted at long range, and the authors believe that when travelling extensively in Europe even the expert cannot hope to identify more than seventy percent of the raptors seen." This book arranges the 38 European raptor species into seven groups according to morphology, and describes what members of each have in common, and what they don't. .

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• Titolo: FLIGHT IDENTIFICATION OF EUROPEAN RAPTORS. By R.F. Porter, Ian Willis, Steen Christensen and Bent Pors Nielsen.
• Editore: T. & A.D. Poyser. Calton, Staffordshire. 1981
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0856610275
• ISBN 13: 9780856610271
• Rilegatura: Rilegato

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For this third edition, the typematter has been reset throughout to accommodate the many revisions and additions to the text. The identification drawings, too, have been reviewed and lan Willis has amended or redrawn elements of most of the Figures and has provided several additional drawings.

Informazioni sugli autori

Richard Porter has been involved with birds in the Middle East since 1966 and is an adviser on bird conservation for BirdLife International. He is the author or co-author of several books on the Middle East and the groundbreaking Flight Identification of European Raptors.

Ian Willis is the illustrator of Flight Identification of European Raptors, The Birds of Africa: Volumes IV-VII and Owls of Europe.

Steen Christensen is the co-author of Flight Identification of European Raptors.

Bent Pors Nielsen is the co-author of Flight Identification of European Raptors.