Woodpeckers of the world : a photographic guide /
Gorman, Gerard,
Woodpeckers of the world : a photographic guide / Gerard Gorman. - 528 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Taxonomy -- Distribution -- Anatomy and morphology -- Habitat -- Behaviour -- Breeding -- Plumage and moult -- Food and foraging -- Flight -- Calls -- Drumming -- The importance of woodpeckers -- Notes on the species accounts -- The species accounts.
"Covers all 239 species of woodpeckers. Concise text looks at identification, vocalizations, drumming, habitat, range, food and feeding, taxonomy and confusion species. It is complemented by up-to-date range maps and more than 750 color photographs. The photographic coverage includes most plumages and considerable subspecific variation, making this the definitive work on woodpecker identification."--Back cover.
177085309X 9781770853096
2015301036
20149021178
Woodpeckers--Identification--Pictorial works.
Woodpeckers--Identification.
Woodpeckers of the world : a photographic guide / Gerard Gorman. - 528 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Taxonomy -- Distribution -- Anatomy and morphology -- Habitat -- Behaviour -- Breeding -- Plumage and moult -- Food and foraging -- Flight -- Calls -- Drumming -- The importance of woodpeckers -- Notes on the species accounts -- The species accounts.
"Covers all 239 species of woodpeckers. Concise text looks at identification, vocalizations, drumming, habitat, range, food and feeding, taxonomy and confusion species. It is complemented by up-to-date range maps and more than 750 color photographs. The photographic coverage includes most plumages and considerable subspecific variation, making this the definitive work on woodpecker identification."--Back cover.
177085309X 9781770853096
2015301036
20149021178
Woodpeckers--Identification--Pictorial works.
Woodpeckers--Identification.