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A complete guide to identifying the world's owls. Owls are perhaps the most elegant and best-loved of all bird groups. Photographers spend hours waiting to capture them and birders seek them out with determination, but owls have been tough to identify - until now. Owls of the World is the ultimate resource dedicated to the identification of these charismatic birds of prey. Dozens of the world's finest photographers have contributed 750 spectacular photographs covering all of the world's 249 species of owls. The photos are accompanied by detailed text describing: identification notes, population status, food, accurate range maps, habitat, voice, distribution, and similar species. Photographs of similar-looking species are included where identification is particularly difficult. For photographers, birders, naturalists, researchers and any fan of these birds, this is the definitive work on species identification. 750 full color photographs, maps, index.
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Heimo Mikkola, who wrote the definitive book on Owls of Europe, is back with the ultimate photographic resource for identification of Owls of the World. Two pages of photographic credits speak to the great lengths he took to find the best possible photos of every owl species in the world. Each species account includes a distribution map, English and Latin name, size, weight, and wingspan, Identification, Call, Food and hunting, Habitat, Status and distribution, Geographical variation, and similar species. Introductory information includes What Makes an Owl; The Nature of Owls, Evolution of Owls, Distribution and Biogeography, Taxonomy and DNA-sequencing, Owls and Humans, Conservation, Extinct Owls, 'Owlaholics', and Owl Associations and Global Research Organizations. This is a beautifully produced book, with large, high-quality color photos and concise, but detailed species accounts.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
ISBN:
9781770851368
Publisher:
Firefly Books
Year of Publication:
2012
Page Count:
512
Shipping Weight: 4.00 pounds
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