Starlings and Mynas - Rilegato

Feare, Chris; Craig, Adrian

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 069100496X ISBN 13: 9780691004969

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1999

Riassunto

A guide to all 114 members of the species. Every species is described and illustrated, along with many distinctive subspecies. Introductory chapters give brief accounts of distribution, behavior, ecology, breeding, and interactions with man. Species accounts cover all aspects of identification, plus ecology and behavior. Starling classification is re-examined in light of current knowledge of the birds' ecology and behavior. Includes color illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Contenuti:

	Acknowledgements	10
	Using this guide	11
	The starling family	13
	Distribution, habitat and social behaviour	27
	Breeding	32
	Moult	36
	Starlings and man	40
	Colour plates and distribution maps	47
	Species accounts	113
1	Shining Starling	113
2	Yellow-eyed Starling	115
3	Singing Starling	115
4	Tanimbar Starling	117
5	Atoll Starling	117
6	Rennell Starling	118
7	Long-tailed Starling	118
8	White-eyed Starling	119
9	Brown-winged Starling	120
10	Makira Starling	121
11	Rufous-winged Starling	122
12	Striated Starling	123
13	Mountain Starling	123
14	Asian Glossy Starling	123
15	Moluccan Starling	125
16	Short-tailed Starling	126
17	Micronesian Starling	127
18	Pohnpei Mountain Starling	129
19	Polynesian Starling	129
20	Samoan Starling	130
21	Rarotonga Starling	131
22	Yellow-faced Myna	132
23	Long-tailed Myna	133
24	Golden-breasted Myna	133
25	Sulawesi Crested Myna	134
26	Helmeted Myna	135
27	Long-crested Myna	136
28	Apo Myna	136
29	Coleto	137
30	White-necked Myna	138
31	Bare-eyed Myna	138
32	Flame-browed Starling	139
33	Grosbeak Myna	140
34	Spot-winged Starling	141
35	Madagascar Starling	142
36	Golden-crested Myna	143
37	Common Hill Myna	143
38	Southern Hill Myna	146
39	Enggano Hill Myna	147
40	Nias Hill Myna	147
41	Sri Lanka Hill Myna	148
42	Great Myna	148
43	Crested Myna	149
44	White-vented Myna	151
45	Pale-bellied Myna	152
46	Jungle Myna	153
47	Collared Myna	154
48	Bank Myna	155
49	Common Myna	157
50	Vinous-breasted Myna	161
51	Black-winged Myna	162
52	Bali Myna	163
53	Black-collared Myna	166
54	Asian Pied Myna	167
55	Purple-backed Starling	168
56	Red-cheeked Starling	170
57	White-shouldered Starling	172
58	Chestnut-tailed Starling	173
59	White-headed Starling	174
60	White-faced Starling	175
61	Brahminy Starling	175
62	Rose-coloured Starling	177
63	Red-billed Starling	181
64	White-cheeked Starling	182
65	Common Starling	183
66	Spotless Starling	189
67	Wattled Starling	192
68	Cape Glossy Starling	197
69	Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling	199
70	Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling	201
71	Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling	203
72	Splendid Glossy Starling	203
73	Principle Glossy Starling	206
74	Emerald Starling	207
75	Purple Glossy Starling	208
76	Ruppell's Long-tailed Glossy Starling	209
77	Long-tailed Glossy Starling	210
78	Golden-breasted Starling	211
79	Meves' Long-tailed Glossy Starling	212
80	Burchell's Glossy Starling	214
81	Sharp-tailed Glossy Starling	215
82	Black-bellied Glossy Starling	216
83	Superb Starling	218
84	Hildebrandt's Starling	219
85	Shelley's Starling	220
86	Chestnut-bellied Starling	221
87	Purple-headed Glossy Starling	222
88	Coppery-tailed Starling	223
89	Amethyst Starling	224
90	African Pied Starling	227
91	Fischer's Starling	229
92	Ashy Starling	230
93	White-crowned Starling	231
94	Red-winged Starling	232
95	Slender-billed Red-winged Starling	234
96	Chestnut-winged Starling	236
97	Waller's Red-winged Starling	237
98	Somali Red-winged Starling	238
99	Socotra Red-winged Starling	239
100	Tristram's Red-winged Starling	240
101	Pale-winged Starling	241
102	Bristle-crowned Starling	242
103	White-billed Starling	243
104	Neumann's Red-winged Starling	244
105	Narrow-tailed Starling	245
106	Stuhlmann's Starling	246
107	Kenrick's Starling	247
108	Sharpe's Starling	248
109	Abbott's Starling	249
110	White-collared Starling	249
111	Magpie Starling	250
112	White-winged Babbling Starling	251
113	Red-billed Oxpecker	252
114	Yellow-billed Oxpecker	257
	Bibliography	260
	Index of species	282

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Book by Feare Chris Craig Adrian

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• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 069100496X
• ISBN 13: 9780691004969
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 285