invite you to consider
ODYSSEY NATURE GUIDE
TO
BIRDS
OF THE
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
AUTHOR: Bikram Grewal
PUBLISHED: Guidebook Company, Hong Kong. 1995
FORMAT: Pb, 193pp, illustrated, map, glossary, bibliography, indexes
CONDITION: Used...ex-library stock, so expect library stamps/marks/stickers.
Good, sound & clean condition.
This book fulfills a long felt need for a single volume photographic guide to the birds of the Indian sub-continent, one of the World’s most exciting bird regions.
The great geographical diversity of the sub-continent has allowed a spectacularly wide range od species to thrive. There are birds that visit each winter from Europe and Central Asia, there are Ducks and Geese that migrate from Tibet and China.
Amongst the resident species are some unique to specific habitats, such as the Great Indian Bustard in the dry grasslands of western and central India, the exotic Pheasents of the Himalayan reaches, rare Hornbills and brilliant Sunbirds and Leaf Birds.
Here for the first time each family of birds found in the region is illustrated by superb photographs and over 500 species are detailed in the accompanying text.
Suggestions are made as to when and where to watch these extraordinary birds. Individual descriptions provide vital field clues and infomation to identify each species, their habitat, call, plumage variations, feeding habits and migratory patterns.
An extensive introduction surveys the development of ornithology in India.