"Shorebirds of North America, Europe, and Asia" is a quick-reference field guide to the sandpipers, plovers, stints, and other shorebirds found on these continents. The exhaustive and superbly detailed color plates show the birds at rest and in flight, and in every plumage variant likely to be encountered. Species are treated plumage by plumage alongside images of similar species they are otherwise likely to be confused with. Succinct text on pages facing the plates summarizes the key identification features of appearance, voice, and behavior. There is a color distribution map for each of the described species. This guide provides fast, easy, and reliable field identification of this challenging group of birds. 80 color plates show full range of plumage types of all species covered. Concise facing text treats appearance, voice, and behavior. It includes clear color distribution map for each species. It is a definitive pictorial guide to the shorebirds of these continents.
- ISBN10 0691126712
- ISBN13 9780691126715
- Publish Date 26 March 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 July 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English
- URL https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8170.html