"Finally, our bird lovers receive a book at the highest global level, competent in content and exquisitely illustrated. A must-have in the library of every nature lover and recommended by the Faunistic Committee of PTZool." Professor dr hab. Tadeusz Stawarczyk
"The only guide really worth taking in the field. Great drawings, excellent indications of diagnostic features". Dr. Przemysław Chylarecki Collins's Guide to Birds • The richest and most useful. • It contains all the information you need to mark each species at any time of the year. • Detailed descriptions give the size, life environment, range, diagnostic features and voice. • Current occurrence maps give information about breeding grounds, wintering grounds and flight routes. • This issue contains 3,500 illustrations by world-famous artists drawing birds. Preface Admission Species descriptions Swans Cygnus Geese Anser, Branta Anatini swimming ducks Diving duck Aythya, Somateria and others Bubbles hybrids Tracze Mergus et al. "Forest hens" Tetraoninae "Field chickens" Phasianinae Gaviidae dives Grebe Podicipedidae Observation of sea birds Rurkonose Procellariiformes Gannets Sulidae Pelecans Pelecanidae Phalacrocoracidae cormorants Wading Ciconiiformes Flamingos Phoenicopteriformes Szponiaste Accipitriformes 88 Sępy Gypaetus, Neophron, Gyps et al. Aquila eagles and others Kites and harriers Milvus, Circus Buteo buzzard Bumblebee Pernis Sparrowhawks and Accipiter hawks Falconidae Falconidae Rallidae the Raiders Gruidae cranes Otididae bustard Seedlings of Charadria Seedlings Charadriidae Diaphanous Scolopacidae Seedling spreaders Stercorariidae skuas Gulls Laridae Terns Sternidae "Marsh" terns of Chlidonias Alki Alcidae Pteroclididae tips Columbidae doves Cuckoo Cuculidae Owls Strigiformes Caprimulgidae Swallow Apodidae Dudki, Kingfisher Upupa, Alcedinidae Bee-eaters, Meropidae trouts, Coracias Great spotted woodpecker Picidae Skylarks Alaudidae Venomous Hirundinidae Fleshy Motacillidae Pluszcz, mistletoe and others Cinclus, Bombycilla Prunellidae Thrush Turdidae Sprouting Sylviidae Sterus brachiopods and Troglodytes wren Flycatcher Muscicapidae Sikory Paridae et al. Nuthatch Sittidae Tichodromidae wallpapers Certhiidae creepers Shrikes Laniidae Bilbils, nectary Pycnonotidae, Nectarinidae Thyme Timaliidae Corvidae Corviidae Starlings Sturnidae Wilgi Oriolidae Passeridae sparrows Fringillidae trimmers Loxia crossbills Checkered Emberizidae The North American passerine Species catching sporadically Species catching exceptionally Introduced breeding species and species escaped from captivity Bibliography Index
Format: 13.5 × 19.4 cm Coverage: 448 pages Binding: hard ISBN: 978-83-77-63-406-6 Edition II, 2017, updated
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