Birds of Pakistan

Author: Richard Grimmett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472990315
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
This guide is a successor to the much acclaimed Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by two of the same authors. Covering Pakistan, the superb plates are accompanied by a succinct text highlighting identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution and status. The text is on facing pages to the plates, for easy reference and there are distribution maps for every species. Like previous guides covering Nepal, Bhutan, Northern India and Southern India, this guide is a perfect size for use in the field and will be an essential companion when visiting this region.

Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan

Author: Sálim Ali
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195620634
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 841

Book Description
1200 species of birds, in 20 Orders and numerous Families, are known to occur in the Indian subcontinent. This Handbook describes the 1200 species by distribution, habits, breeding biology, diet, voice, and other features. Over 100 plates and systematic keys in the text aid identification.Maps show the distribution of many migratory and spatially restricted forms, and a number of line drawings illustrate diagnostic features such as bills and feet. This new Compact edition brings together the text of all ten volumes of the original Handbook, with 106 plates by the famous American bird painter John Henry Dick depicting all the bird species found in that region. The text and black-and-white text illustrations of the Handbook appear here photographically reduced by 30%, with four pages of the original occupying one page of the Compact Edition. They remain legible to the normal eye, however. The colour plates appear in the same size as in the originaleditions.

Birds of Northern India

Author: Richard Grimmett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0713651679
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
An exploration of the birdlife of northern India and Pakistan. The plates are accompanied by text that highlights the identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution and status of the birds. The text is on pages facing the plates, and there are distribution maps for every species.

Birds of Pakistan

Author: Richard Grimmett
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0713688009
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
The first field guide specifically dedicated to the birds of Pakistan, featuring superb illlustrations and authoritative text.

A Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh

Author: Bikram Grewal
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691176493
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 792

Book Description
This is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the birds of the entire Indian subcontinent. Every distinct species and subspecies—some 1,375 in all—is covered with photographs, text, and maps. The guide features more than 4,000 stunning photographs, many never before published, which have been carefully selected to illustrate key identification features of each species. The up-to-date facing-page text includes concise descriptions of plumage, voice, range, habitat, and recent taxonomic changes. Each species has a detailed map reflecting the latest distribution information and containing notes on status and population density. The guide also features an introduction that provides an overview of birdlife and a brief history of ornithology in India and its neighbors. The result is an encyclopedic photographic guide that is essential for everyone birding anywhere in the subcontinent. Covers all 1,375 subcontinental bird species Features more than 4,000 stunning photographs to aid quick field identification Includes up-to-date facing-page text and range maps Contains concise descriptions of plumage, voice, habitat, and much more

The Birds of Pakistan: Passeriformes: Pittas to Buntings

Author: Tom J. Roberts
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690

Book Description
This work concludes noted ornithologist Tom Roberts' magnificent survey of the birds of Pakistan. Together with Volume 1, the work covers 660 species, offering detailed descriptions of each, supported by 47 full-page plates and over 100 black and white illustrations drawn by the author. Distribution maps of over 570 species detail wintering or breeding status, and voice descriptions are drawn from the author's own extensive collection of bird recordings made in Pakistan during his 34 years of residence in that country. Each volume contains a bibliography and index. Amateur and professional ornithologists alike will appreciate this unique work of art and scholarship.

Waterbirds Around the World

Author: G. C. Boere
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0114973334
Category : Flyways
Languages : en
Pages : 836

Book Description
This book is the outcome of a major international conference on waterbirds held in Edinburgh in April 2004.

Photographic Guide to the Birds of India

Author: Bikram Grewal
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462914853
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 515

Book Description
Periplus is proud to present the first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent. This ebook offers over 800 species and distinct sub-species and contains over 1,000 full-color photographs. Each species has a distribution map. Many of the photographs in this magnificent volume appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the most important features of the species illustrated. In several cases, different plumages or flight shots are included. The concise text provided vital information on the plumages, voice and habits of each species covered and includes new information. Over a hundred related species are also mentioned in the texts. The maps are accompanied by a note on the status and distribution. This ebook will enable accurate field identification in one of the world's most diverse avifaunal regions. Indispensable reading for all bird lovers.

Field Guide to the Birds of Bangladesh

Author: Richard Grimmett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472937562
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
Despite being one of the most densely populated countries on Earth, Bangladesh boasts a diverse range of natural habitats, including forests, wetlands and grasslands, and supports a wide range of species including a number of sought after regional specialities. Birds of Bangladesh is the definitive field guide to the rich avifauna of this fascinating and beautiful country. - Covers all 705 species that occur in Bangladesh, including vagrants - 103 superb colour plates, with text on facing pages for quick and easy reference - Concise species accounts describe key identification features, voice, habitats, distribution and status

Game Birds and Gun Dogs

Author: Vin T. Sparano
Publisher: Larsen's Outdoor Publishing
ISBN: 9780936513317
Category : Bird dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Tales and true stories about hunters, their dogs and the upland game and waterfowl they hunt.