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The definitive guide to the cotingas and manakins, the most colourful and spectacular of all South American bird families.

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Originally published in 1994; reprinted in hardback in 2013.

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Many seabirds will only be seen in flight, and viewing opportunities are frequently brief. This work is a field guide to seawatching, specifically designed to address the particular problems and limitations with this kind of birding. Photographs are included of all European seabirds in flight.

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With comprehensive text and detailed illustrations, this guide includes some familiar seabirds as well as some little-known and globally threatened species.

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A guide to the family Icteridae, known as blackbirds, troupials or New World Blackbirds, which range throughout the Americas, from Alaska to Cape Horn, and including the Caribbean. This book depicts every species, showing races where relevant, and covering every aspect of the natural history and id

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Covering almost 260 species of gamebirds, this book focuses on identification, status and distribution, habitats and geographical variation. Many of these species are both exotic and endangered, some are kept in private aviaries, while others are exploited commercially.

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This guide covers the 26 species of northern hemisphere pipits and wagtails in detail. It treats identification in the field and in the hand, and includes colour plates, detailed distribution maps and sonograms of songs and calls.

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This authoritative handbook covers the identification of this difficult group of warblers in breathtaking detail, illustrated with line drawings, sonograms, wonderful colour plates and photographs. It is destined to become the ultimate reference for these challenging birds.

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The authoritative handbook and reference guide to the world's robins and chats.

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The book covers the identification, biology and relationships of all true shrikes, bush-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, the closely related shrike flycatchers, philentomas, batises and wattle-eyes.

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A comprehensive illustrated guide to the Old World family of birds in the HELM IDENTIFICATION series. The Indo-Malayan and Afro-tropical varieties are covered, along with the New World immigrants, and the text together with drawings, maps and photographs show aspects of bird behaviour, distribution and natural history.

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A comprehensive treatment of the birds of the genus Saxicola. It is primarily an identification guide, using colour plates and photographs to illustrate the various races and plumages, but it also covers the biology, habitat and range of each species. Distribution maps are included.

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Based on phylogenetic research, this complete study of the genus Sylvia describes two new species and establishes identification criteria for all members of the family. A lengthy introduction explains the background to the research.

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This book is devoted to the 162 species of thrush, one of the most widespread and well-known families of birds in the world. Identification and distribution are fully covered and the description makes reference to all recognised races.

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This guide looks at three closely related families, covering 75 wrens, 34 thrashers and 5 dippers. The wrens display great diversity, occupying almost every kind of habitat in the Americas. The thrashers include the mockingbirds, catbirds and tremblers, and the dippers are river specialists.

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This is a guide to 'true' finches and sparrows, 290 species in all.