Field Guide to the Birds of Northern India

by Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp

Overview

A comprehensive guide to the birds of northern India.

Areas explored include the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, and the Union Territory of Delhi.

The plates are accompanied by text that highlights the identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution and status of the birds. The text is on pages facing the plates for easy reference, and there are distribution maps for every species.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408188743
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/20/2018
Series:	Helm Field Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	70 MB
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About the Author

Richard Grimmett is Head of Conservation at BirdLife International.

Tim Inskipp is a freelance wildlife consultant. Both authors are widely travelled in Asia and authors (with Carol Inskipp) of a series of books on the birds of the region.
Richard Grimmett is a keen birder who has visited southern Asia many times. He has co-authored numerous identification guides to the Indian Subcontinent and its constituent regions, mainly in collaboration with Carol and Tim Inskipp. Richard has worked for BirdLife International for more than 40 years and was in charge of the Asia Programme, based in Indonesia and then Japan, between 1997 and 2007. Until recently he was BirdLife's Director of Conservation and is currently a Senior Conservation Advisor. He lives in Cambridgeshire, UK, and his birding these days is mainly on his local patch, RSPB Ouse Fen.
Tim Inskipp is a leading expert on the birds of southern Asia. He was co-author (with his wife Carol, and Richard Grimmett) of the major work Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (Helm, 1998), from which numerous highly acclaimed field guides to the region went on to spring.

Table of Contents

FORWARD 6

INTRODUCTION 9

How to Use this Book 9

Descriptive parts of a Bird 10

Geographical Setting 13

Main Habitats 14

Important Bird Species 17

Migration 18

Birdwatching Areas 19

NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS 22

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS 24

REFERENCES 25

Acknowledgments 27

GLOSSARY 27

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 29

FAMILY SUMMARIES 32

COLOUR PLATES AND SPECIES ACCOUNTS 46

APPENDIX 284

TABLES 291

INDEX 299

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"The avifauna of northern India has a distinctive flavour—a blend of the Oriental, Palearctic, and African regions. Combine that with easy access to some of the world's best-known birding sites, and you get a region that truly deserves its own field guide. This attractive guide amply addresses this need."—Vivek Tiwari, Coordinator, South Asian Natural History Network

Vivek Tiwari

The avifauna of northern India has a distinctive flavour—a blend of the Oriental, Palearctic, and African regions. Combine that with easy access to some of the world's best-known birding sites, and you get a region that truly deserves its own field guide. This attractive guide amply addresses this need.
— Vivek Tiwari, Coordinator, South Asian Natural History Network

Editorial Reviews

Winner of the 2003 Best Bird Book - Asia, Worldtwitch

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