Can I read Sunbirds : a Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters, and Sugarbirds of the World on EtoBox?

Sunbirds : a Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters, and Sugarbirds of the World by Clive F. Mann, Robert A. Cheke, Richard Allen is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sunbirds : a Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters, and Sugarbirds of the World about?

Sunbirds is the first book since the 19th Century to cover in detail all the world's sunbirds and spiderhunters - the Nectarinidae. It also includes the allied families of flowerpeckers and sugarbirds; a total of 176 species is described and illustrated. The book has been designed to help readers identify all of these species and also their various subspecies, the most distinctive of which are illustrated as well as described. Each species account provides a distribution map, a summary of identification criteria and a description of how the species differs from similar ones. The calls and songs, habitat, geographical distribution, status, movements, food (including a list of known food plants), habits, and breeding biology are also described. Finally, a full description of the species and salient features of each subspecies is given, together with measurements and references. Sunbirds not only aids identification, it provides a wealth of information on the ecology and behaviour of these birds. The authors have carried out extensive fieldwork in Asia and Africa. They have also studied skins, nests and eggs held by museums, analysed tape recordings and critically reviewed the vast

Author

Clive F. Mann, Robert A. Cheke, Richard Allen

Publisher

Bloomsbury UK

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781873403808

Subjects

Nature, Science, Stem