RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe.pdf

COMPLETE

BIR D S

OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE

COMPLETE

BIR D S

OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE

Rob Hume

DORLING KINDERSLEY

LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH,

MELBOURNE, AND DELHI

DK LONDON

Senior Art Editor Ina Stradins

Senior Editor Angeles Gavira

Designer Kirsten Cashman

DTP Designer Rajen Shah

Production Elizabeth Cherry, Melanie Dowland

Managing Art Editor Phil Ormerod

Art Director Bryn Walls

Category Publisher Jonathan Metcalf

Introduction: Designers Helen Taylor, Kenny Grant;

Editor Claire Musters; Picture researcher Bobbie Leah

First published in Great Britain in 2002

by Dorling Kindersley Limited

80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL

Dorling Kindersley Limited

A Penguin Company

reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted

in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,

photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior

written permission of the copyright owners.

A CIP catalogue record for this book

is available from the British Library

Picture Editor Chris Gomersall

Illustrator Andrew Mackay

DK DELHI

Managing Art Editor Shuka Jain

Project Designer Shefali Upadhyay

Designer Pallavi Narain

Design Assistance Elizabeth Thomas, Sukanto Bhattacharjya,

Suresh Kumar

DTP Designer Umesh Aggarwal

Managing Editor Ira Pande

Project Editor Atanu Raychaudhuri

Editor Rimli Borooah

ISBN 13: 978 0 7513 7354 7

ISBN 10: 0 7513 7354 0

Reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore

Printed and bound in Portugal by

Printer Portuguesa

see our complete catalogue at

www.dk.com

CONTENTS

How This Book Works 6

INTRODUCTION

Evolution 8

Anatomy 10

Life Cycle 12

Courtship and Mating 14

Nests and Eggs 16

Plumage 18

Flight 20

Feeding 22

Song and Calls 24

Migration 26

Western Palearctic 28

Wetlands 30

Estuaries and Low-lying

Coasts 32

Rocky Coasts, Islands,

and the Open sea 34

The Far North 36

Northern Mountains and

Moorlands 38

Southern Mountains

and Crags 40

Lowland Heath and

Mediterranean Scrub 42

Farmland and Grassland 44

Forest and Woodland 46

Gardens, Parks, and Towns 48

Watching Birds 50

Conservation 52

SPECIES GUIDE

Divers and Grebes 55

Petrels and Shearwaters 64

Gannets, Cormorants,

and Pelicans 70

Bitterns and Herons 74

Storks 84

Flamingos 84

Wildfowl 89

Birds of Prey 120

Gamebirds 145

Rails, Crakes, and Coots 154

Cranes and Bustards 154

Waders 163

Skuas, Gulls, and Terns 201

Auks 201

Pigeons and Doves 231

Cuckoos 231

Owls 238

Nightjars 238

Swifts 248

Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters,

Rollers, and Hoopoe 252

Woodpeckers and

Wryneck 257

Larks 264

Martins and Swallows 272

Pipits and Wagtails 278

Wrens, Dippers, Waxwings, and

Accentors 288

Chats and Thrushes 294

Warblers and Allies 313

Flycatchers 313

Tits and Allies 341

Nuthatches, Wallcreeper,

and Treecreepers 351

Shrikes 356

Orioles 356

Crows 362

Starlings 362

Sparrows 374

Finches 379

Buntings 394

Rare Species 404

Vagrants 455

Glossary 468

Index 469

Acknowledgments 479

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