Waders of Europe

Synopsis

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Waders; Migration; Breeding Biology; Taxonomy; Descriptions Of Species; Map; Topography; Feathers And Moulting; Moulting Schedule And Typical Feather Patterns; Silhouettes And Jizz; Silhouettes Of The Most Characteristic European Waders; Plates For Comparison; Banded And Sand Plovers, Adults Breeding; Banded And Sand Plovers, Juveniles; Pluvialis Plovers, Adults And Juveniles; Calidris Sandpipers And Ruddy Turnstone, Flight Characters Calidris Sandpipers, Breedingcalidris Sandpipers, Juveniles; Calidris Sandpipers, Non-breeding; Calidris Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstone And Tringa Sandpipers, Non-breeding; Calidris Sandpipers, Non-breeding To Breeding; Calidris Sandpipers, Adults Breeding To Non-breeding; North American And Asian Vagrants, Adults Breeding; North American And Asian Vagrants, Juveniles; Tringa Sandpipers, General Flight Characters; Tringa Sandpipers, Adults Breeding; Tringa Sandpipers, Juveniles; Snipes And Eurasian Woodcock 66 Snipes Phalaropes, Breeding And Juvenilesphalaropes, Juveniles And Non-breeding; Birds In The Field; Descriptions Of The Species; Oystercatchers; Eurasian Oystercatcher, Haematopus Ostralegus; Avocets; Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra Avocetta; Stilts; Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus Himantopus; Thick-knees; Stone Curlew, Burhinus Oedicnemus; Coursers And Pratincoles; Cream-coloured Courser, Cursorius Cursor; Pratincoles; Collared Pratincole, Glareola Pratincola; Black-winged Pratincole, Glareola Nordmanni Oriental Pratincole, Glareola Maldivarumbanded Plovers; Common Ringed Plover, Charadrius Hiaticula; Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius Semipalmatus; Little Ringed Plover, Charadrius Dubius; Kentish Plover, Charadrius Alexandrinus; Killdeer, Charadrius Vociferous; Eurasian Dotterel, Eudromias Morinellus; Caspian Plover, Charadrius Asiaticus; Lesser Sand Plover, Charadrius Mongolus; Greater Sand Plover, Charadrius Leschenaultia; Lapwings; Northern Lapwing, Vanellus Vanellus; Spur-winged Lapwing, Vanellus Spinosus Sociable Lapwing, Vanellus Gregariouswhite-tailed Lapwing, Vanellus Leucurus; Pluvialis Plovers; European Golden Plover, Pluvialis Apricaria; Pacific Golden Plover, Pluvialis Fulva; American Golden Plover, Pluvialis Dominica; Grey Plover, Pluvialis Squatarola; Sandpipers And Allies; Calidris Sandpipers; Dunlin, Calidris Alpine; Broad-billed Sandpiper, Calidris Falcinellus; Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris Ferruginea; Red Knot, Calidris Canutus; Sanderling, Calidris Alba; Purple Sandpiper, Calidris Maritime Lars Gejl. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.