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Robins and Chats (Helm Identification Guides) by Peter Clement, Chris Rose is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Robins and Chats (Helm Identification Guides) about?
This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guides series, looks in detail at the world's 170 species of robins and chats. This large family of small passerines was formerly considered to be part of the thrush family (Turdidae), but is now usually treated as a separate family, Muscicapidae, together with the Old World flycatchers. The vast majority of species are Eurasian or African, with only a handful of species straying into the New World or Australasia. The Australian Robins, although superficially similar, have long been regarded as a separate family. Robins and chats are a diverse family comprising both highly colourful and visible species, such as the robin-chats of Africa, as well as some of the most skulking and elusive birds, such as the shortwings of Asia. Many chats, such as the well-known Nightingale, are renowned songsters, and a good number are highly sought-after by world listers for their extreme rarity or simply because they are hard to see. This book discusses the identification and habits of these birds on a species-by-species basis, bringing together the very latest research with accurate range maps, more than 600 stunning colour photographs th
Who reads Robins and Chats (Helm Identification Guides)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter Clement, Chris Rose
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing, Helm Publishing
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780713639636
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Nature, Biology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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