Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds: An Illustrated and Photographic Guide

Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds: An Illustrated and Photographic Guide

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  • Create Date：2021-05-04 11:50:55
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Tomasz Cofta
  • ISBN：0691177570
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Summary

A richly illustrated， state-of-the-art field guide for identifying European passerines in flight--the first of its kind



Opening up new frontiers in birdwatching， this is the first field guide to focus specifically on the identification of European passerines and related landbirds in flight。 Showcasing 850 stunning and remarkably lifelike colour illustrations from acclaimed bird artist Tomasz Cofta， produced using the latest digital technology， backed up with more than 2，400 photographs carefully selected to show typical flight profiles， it provides detailed and unsurpassed coverage of 205 European passerines and 32 near-passerines。 This cutting-edge book brings a new dimension to birdwatching， the concise and authoritative species accounts presenting novel yet essential information on the flight manner of individual birds and the structure and behaviour of flocks--features that are key to identification。 It also includes precise transliterations of flight calls， supported by sonograms， and links to a unique collection of hundreds of online audio recordings。 Beautifully designed and written in an accessible style， this book will appeal to birdwatchers of all abilities。 It presents the latest knowledge on flight identification of a group of birds that is poorly covered in the literature and is therefore a must-have for all professional ornithologists and scientists involved in migration studies。
The first field guide to flight identification of European passerines and related landbirds
Covers 205 European passerines and 32 near-passerines
Features 850 stunning colour illustrations
Includes more than 2，400 photos showing typical profiles of each species in flight
Provides detailed information on flight calls， with links to online recordings

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Reviews

Stephen Dunstan ，

3。5/5。I have to start by saying that before ordering this book I was a little sceptical about how much use it would be in practice。 So in terms of what it delivers it met my expectations。The introductory stuff which people often skip in field guides is very good， and I would recommend reading it。Given the comprehensive coverage of the regularly occurring birds in Europe and the challenges of flight identification it is perhaps inevitable that the quality of the photographs is variable。 Some are 3。5/5。I have to start by saying that before ordering this book I was a little sceptical about how much use it would be in practice。 So in terms of what it delivers it met my expectations。The introductory stuff which people often skip in field guides is very good， and I would recommend reading it。Given the comprehensive coverage of the regularly occurring birds in Europe and the challenges of flight identification it is perhaps inevitable that the quality of the photographs is variable。 Some are excellent， for some species many aren't great。Flight identification of small birds is ultimately very difficult。 Acquiring this book and reading it isn't going to transform that for most people。 It is a useful book for the keen birder to have though。 。。。more

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