Format:
1 online resource (1513 pages)
ISBN:
9781408135044
Series Statement:
Helm Identification Guides
Content:
Covering all of the 198 species of woodpeckers in the world, a comprehensive volume, illustrated in color, offers information on identifying characteristics, similar species, distribution, migration, habitat, geographical variations, voice, habits, food, and breeding behavior.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Style and Layout of the Book -- Relationships and Taxonomy -- Distribution -- Morphology and Mechanics -- Plumage and Moult -- Food and Foraging -- Ecological Sexual Dimorphism -- Habitat -- Behaviour -- Reproduction and Sociality -- Woodpeckers and Man -- Systmetic Section -- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla -- Rufous-necked Wryneck Jynx ruficollis -- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus -- Bar-breasted Piculet Picumnus aurifrons -- Orinoco Piculet Picumnus pumilus -- Lafresnaye's Piculet Picumnus lafresnayi -- Golden-spangled Piculet Picumnus exilis -- Ecuadorian Piculet Picumnus sclateri -- Scaled Piculet Picumnus squamulatus -- White-bellied Piculet Picumnus spilogaster -- Guianan Piculet Picumnus minutissimus -- Spotted Piculet Picumnus pygmaeus -- Speckle-chested Piculet Picumnus steindachneri -- Varzea Piculet Picumnus varzeae -- White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus -- Ocellated Piculet Picumnus dorbygnianus -- Ochre-collared Piculet Picumnus temminckii -- White-wedged Piculet Picumnus albosquamatus -- Rusty-necked Piculet Picumnus fuscus -- Rufous-breasted Piculet Picumnus rufiventris -- Tawny Piculet Picumnus fulvescens -- Ochraceous Piculet Picumnus limae -- Mottled Piculet Picumnus nebulosus -- Plain-breasted Piculet Picumnus castelnau -- Fine-barred Piculet Picumnus subtilis -- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus -- Greyish Piculet Picumnus granadensis -- Chestnut Piculet Picumnus cinnamomeus -- African Piculet Sasia africana -- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis -- White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea -- Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas -- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus -- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis -- Guadeloupe Woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri -- Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis.
Note:
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Language:
English
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