Field Guide to Birds of Central Asia: (Helm Field Guides) - Softcover

Manuel Schweizer; Raffael Ayé

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071367038X ISBN 13: 9780713670387

Publisher: Helm (UK), 2012

Synopsis

The definitive guide to the birdlife of Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

Central Asia includes a diverse variety of habitats with a rich avifauna that includes some truly mouthwatering specialities, from sandgrouse, ground jays and larks on the vast steppe and semi-desert to woodland species such as warblers and rosefinches and a suite of montane species including snowcocks, accentors and snowfinches. Ornithologically, Central Asia is very hard to beat.

This book represents the only comprehensive guide to the region. It includes 141 high-quality plates, covering every species (and all distinctive subspecies) that occur in the six countries covered, along with concise text focusing on identification, and accurate colour maps. Important introductory sections introduce the land and its birds.

Birds of Central Asia is a must-read for any birder or traveller visiting this region, and an essential addition to the backpack.

About this title

About the Author

Raffael Ayé is an ornithologist based in Switzerland. Raffael is currently managing director of BirdLife Switzerland. Manuel Schweizer is curator of ornithology at the Natural History Museum of Bern and lecturer at University of Bern, Switzerland. He is a keen lifelong birder and an expert on the birds of the Palearctic, especially Central Asia. Tobias Roth is a professional ecologist, birder and photographer based in Bern, Switzerland.

From the Back Cover

Birds of Central Asia is the first field guide to include the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, along with neighbouring Afghanistan. This vast area includes a diverse variety of habitats, and the avifauna is similarly broad, from sandgrouse, ground jays and larks on the vast steppe and semi-desert to a broad range of raptors, and from woodland species such as warblers and nuthatches to a suite of montane species, such as snowcocks, accentors and snowfinches.

This book includes 141 high-quality plates covering every species (and all distinctive races) that occur in the region, along with concise text focusing on identification and accurate colour maps. Important introductory sections introduce the land and its birds. Birds of Central Asia is a must-read for any birder or traveller visting this remote region

Edition details

• Publisher: Helm (UK)
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071367038X
• ISBN 13: 9780713670387
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336