A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka

by John Harrison, Tim Worfolk

Overview

This volume is a fully comprehensive, modern field guide to the 426 bird species in Sri Lanka. Featuring numerous color illustrations and detailed descriptions of the key identification features, the book will be equally valuable for ornithologists and birdwatchers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199585670
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	03/22/2011
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Harrison has had a lifelong interest in wildlife, and birds in particular. In 1973, he was appointed as a radio producer in the BBC Natural History Unit; during the 18 years he was there, he worked with most of the top naturalists and ornithologists in Britain. As a birdwatcher and wildlife enthusiast, he has made many visits to Sri Lanka over a number of years, and has a first-hand knowledge of the Sri Lankan avifauna. He is now the voluntary warden of a 70 ha wetland nature reserve for the Avon Wildlife Trust.

Tim Worfolk is a full-time wildlife artist with several publications to his credit.

Table of Contents

BACKGROUND
Introduction to the Country
Notes on the Guide
Glossary
Topography of a Bird
FAMILY AND SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS
Grebes
Petrels and Shearwaters
Storm-Petrels
Tropicbirds
Pelicans
Boobies
Cormorants
Darters
Frigatebirds
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
Storks
Ibises and Spoonbills
Flamingos
Ducks and Geese
Osprey
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Vulture, and Harriers
Falcons
Partridges, Quails, Spurfowl, Junglefowl, and Peafowl
Buttonquails
Rails, Crakes, and Coots
Jacana
Painted-snipe
Crab-plover
Oystercatcher
Avocet and Stilt
Thick-knees
Courser and Pratincoles
Plovers
Curlews, Sandpipers, and Snipe
Skuas
Gulls and Terns
Pigeons and Doves
Parakeets and Lorikeet
Cuckoos, Koels, Malkohas, and Coucals
Barn Owls
Owls
Frogmouth
Nightjars
Swifts
Treeswift
Trogon
Kingfishers
Bee-eaters
Rollers
Hoopoe
Hornbills
Barbets
Woodpeckers
Pitta
Larks
Swallows and Martins
Wagtails and Pipits
Cuckooshrikes and Minivets
Bulbuls
Leafbirds and Ioras
Shrikes
Thrushes and Chats
Babblers
Old World Warblers
Old World Flycatchers
Monarchs and Fantail
Tit
Nuthatch
Flowerpeckers
Sunbirds
White-eyes
Buntings
Finch
Munias and allies
Sparrows and Weavers
Starlings and Mynas
Orioles
Drongos
Woodswallow
Magpie and Crows
APPENDIX: List of other reported but unconfirmed vagrants
Bibliography
Index