This major guide improves on the original by now comprehensively covering 153 species, with identification, ageing and sexing, molt, biometrics and racial differences. Color detail illustrations. It complements Lars Svensson's Identification Guide to European Passerines, and is an invaluable reference for Bird Ringers, keen birders and feather enthusiasts, alike. Now includes 31 European wader species from the BTO's Guide to the Identification and Ageing of Holarctic Waders. Completely revised from the 1993 edition; All illustrations now in color.