WESTERN PALEARCTIC GULL LARIDAE, gull identification guide.
Delachaux and Niestlé| N° d'inventaire | 25190 |
| Format | 17 x 24 cm |
| Détails | 320 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Lonay, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782603026601 |
Gulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds, due to their habits and their role, notably in the animal food chain, but also because they fascinate by their significant adaptability. But as they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have long been neglected in ornithological literature: complexity of molting, similarities of plumage between different taxa, variations between individuals of the same species... This book, the first in French on Laridae, provides all the elements necessary for a good identification, thanks to its extremely didactic and visual approach, based on the comparison between similar taxa, and its very numerous photographs (nearly 1400 images).
All species and subspecies observed in the Western Palearctic (Europe, North Africa and the Middle East), regularly or occasionally, for a total of 45 taxa.
A completely new approach to identification based on comparison between similar species rather than on lengthy descriptions.
Abundant iconography where each identification criterion is pointed out by an arrow allowing rapid and visual interpretation.
Gulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds, due to their habits and their role, notably in the animal food chain, but also because they fascinate by their significant adaptability. But as they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have long been neglected in ornithological literature: complexity of molting, similarities of plumage between different taxa, variations between individuals of the same species... This book, the first in French on Laridae, provides all the elements necessary for a good identification, thanks to its extremely didactic and visual approach, based on the comparison between similar taxa, and its very numerous photographs (nearly 1400 images).
All species and subspecies observed in the Western Palearctic (Europe, North Africa and the Middle East), regularly or occasionally, for a total of 45 taxa.
A completely new approach to identification based on comparison between similar species rather than on lengthy descriptions.
Abundant iconography where each identification criterion is pointed out by an arrow allowing rapid and visual interpretation.