Hummingbirds: A Life-Size Guide to Every Species - Hardcover

Fogden, Michael; Taylor, Marianne; Williamson, Sheri L

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062280643 ISBN 13: 9780062280640

Publisher: Harper, 2014

Synopsis

Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity, jewel-like color, and remarkably small size.

This is the first book to profile all 338 known species, from the Saw-billed Hermit to the Scintillant Hummingbird.

Every bird is shown life-size in glorious full-color photographs.

Every species profile includes a flight map and key statistics, as well as information about behavior, plumage, and habitat.

This authoritative guide has been annotated by the world's leading experts on hummingbirds and features a foreword by renowned birding author Pete Dunne.

About this title

Review:

This attractive guide profiles all 338 known species in the New World family, giving
each a concise description and distribution map. --Ben Hoare, BBC Wildlife Magazine

This book sets out to provide a description of each species together with brief information on distribution, habitat, size and status. A colour distribution map is also provided for each species. --Keith Betton, British Birds

...there is...a lot of information packed into this superbly designed and easy-to-read volume. --Justin Walker, British Trust for Ornithology

This book sets out to provide a description of each species together with brief information on distribution, habitat, size and status. A colour distribution map is also provided for each species. --Keith Betton, British Birds

...there is...a lot of information packed into this superbly designed and easy-to-read volume. --Justin Walker, British Trust for Ornithology

About the Author:

Marianne Taylor is a freelance writer, illustrator, photographer, and editor. Her interest in natural history began at an extremely early age, as she became passionately interested in first butterflies and then birds. The daughter of two librarians, one of whom later became a secondhand bookseller, Marianne was as bookish as she was bird-obsessed. She worked for seven years in natural history publishing, first for bird book publisher Christopher Helm, and later for Birdwatch magazine. Her particular interest in owls and other birds of prey was fueled by a brief but unforgettable adventure in 2005, when she joined bird ringers studying Ural, Tengmalm's, and Eagle owls in the forests of Sweden. She began a new career as a writer in 2007, and since then has written more than a dozen books for adults and children on a range of natural history subjects. Her previous work includes RSPB British Birds of Prey, Beautiful Owls, and Owls.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062280643
• ISBN 13: 9780062280640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400