Shrikes: A Guide to the Shrikes of the World - Hardcover

Lefranc, Norbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 187340347X ISBN 13: 9781873403471

Publisher: Pica Press, 2000

Synopsis

The "true" shrikes are a striking group of birds occurring throughout most of the Old World and North America. This is a comprehensive guide to 31 species of shrike from all over the world. It includes information on distribution, general behaviour, ecology and conservation, as well as on identification features. The author covers the latest taxonomic views on the family, and considers the Southern grey shrike to be a separate species from the great grey shrike.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Shrikes are a charismatic group of small- to medium-sized birds with striking raptor-hooked bills and a face mask that gives them the look of small, fierce highwaymen. Their Latin name, Lanius, means butcher, and shrikes are commonly known as butcher-birds for their habit of impaling prey on the thorns of bushes. This book is the first complete guide to the thirty-one species in three genera of the family Laniidae. Along with superb illustrations and range maps to facilitate successful field identification of all the shrike species, this useful book contains the most recent information on the entire shrike family.

About the Author

Norbert Lefranc is a nature conservation officer at the Ministry of the Environment in Metz and is in charge of all nature conservation in Lorraine. Tim Worfolk is a leading bird illustrator whose work has been published in British Birds, Birding World, and Birdwatch. He is currently working on several other regional guides and identification guides to other bird families.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pica Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 187340347X
• ISBN 13: 9781873403471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Worfolk Tim
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192