Collins Bird Guide - The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe (Paperback)

Collins Bird Guide provides all the information needed to identify any species at any time of the year.

This book treats all bird species which breed or regularly occur in Europe, North Africa, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, Canary Islands, Madeira and the Sinai Peninsula.

713 species are described in the main section. There is also brief mention of 59 occasional visitors. Another 32 species are treated which are either probable escapes from captivity or originally introductions to the area and which now breed in a feral state without human support.  An additional 118 very rare stragglers from other continents are merely listed.

Includes:
• Detailed text on size, habitat, identification, range and voice.
•  Accompanying every species entry is an up-to-date distribution map giving information on breeding, wintering and migrations.
• This second edition also includes over 3.500 illustrations/paintings, by the world’s leading bird artists, showing the species in all the major plumages (male, female, immature, in flight, at rest, feeding).

Reviews:

“The richest and most comprehensive of the current guides” - The Times

AUTHOR:  Lars Svensson; Killian Mullarney; Dan Zetterström
ISBN 10:  0007268149
ISBN 13:  978-0007268146
PUBLISHER:  Collins; 2Rev e. edition (May 6, 2008)
PAGES:  448
ILLUSTRATIONS:  Over 3,500
FORMAT:  Paperback
DIMENSIONS:  200 x 140 x 30 inches
WEIGHT:  781g