Collins Bird Guide (Large Format) - Hardcover

Grant, Lars Svensson Peter; Mullarny, Killian; Zetterstrom, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007100825 ISBN 13: 9780007100828

Publisher: Collins, 2000

Synopsis

Following on from its hugely successful launch in 1999, Collins Bird Guide – the ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts – is now available in a lavish large format edition.

With expanded text and even larger colour illustrations, this guide covers every species and every plumage you will see, with detailed information on identification, habitat and voice. A must for every birdwatcher.

The book provides all the information needed to identify any species at any time of the year, covering size, habitat, range, identification and voice. Accompanying every species entry is a distribution map and illustrations showing the species in all the major plumages (male, female, immature, in flight, at rest, feeding: whatever is important).

In addition, each group of birds includes an introduction which covers the major problems involved in identifying or observing them: how to organise a sea watching trip, how to separate birds of prey in flight, which duck hybrids can be confused with which main species. These and many other common birdwatching questions are answered.
The combination of definitive text, up-to-date distribution maps and superb illustrations, all in a single volume, makes this book the ultimate field guide. It will become essential on every bookshelf and birdwatching trip.

About this title

About the Author

Lars Svensson is Europe’s leading field ornithologist.

Killian Mullarney is one of the world’s finest bird illustrator’s. Winner of numerous awards, this is the first guide that he has illustrated.

Dan Zetterström is widely acclaimed for his bird illustrations.

From the Back Cover

Collins have been the leading publishers of bird field guides for over 40 years. The publication of Roger Tory Peterson’s guide in the 1950s, and the guide illustrated by Hermann Heinzel in the 1970s, were landmarks in field guide publishing. The Collins Bird Guide represents yet another landmark for Collins. Illustrated by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterström, with text by Lars Svensson and Peter J. Grant, this is the strongest team ever to produce a field guide. The original publication, in field guide format, has been extremely well received, and no, to complement the pocket-sized version and permit greater appreciation of the extraordinarily beautiful artwork, Collins have produced this sumptuous large-format edition with entirely re-designed text.

The Collins Bird Guide provides the information needed to identify all European bird species in their normal seasonal and age-related plumage varieties. Over 3,500 of the most accurate and attractive illustrations ever painted are accompanied by innovative pointers and captions drawing immediate attention to the key field marks. Particular attention has been paid to the design and arrangement of every page in order to facilitate easy comparison of confusing plumages. ‘Distant views’ illustrate typical behaviour. On the page opposite the illustrations, brilliantly conceived texts detail habitat preferences, status in Britain and Ireland, important identification characters and, of course, voice; no other guide provides as authoritative and comprehensive descriptions of the songs and calls of birds as the Collins Bird Guide.

The combination of superb and thoughtfully arranged illustrations, definitive text and up-to-date distribution maps, all in a single volume, is what we have all been waiting for. The Collins Bird Guide has already become established as the most essential reference to European bird identification.

Edition details

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007100825
• ISBN 13: 9780007100828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400