The Herons of Europe

By Claire Voisin

Book information

Publisher
Poyser
Year
1991
ISBN
9781472918611
Format
PDF
Filesize
40 MB (42438563 bytes)
Pages
\374
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-06-30 23:26:50

Description

Although the majority of the world's Herons live in the tropics and subtropics, Europe is home to nine species, some large, some small, some colonial, some solitary breeders. Highly specialized birds, they exhibit many interesting differences in their behaviour and ecology and are a favourite group for many ornithologists. Voisin begins her book with a general description of the family before going on to treat each species in more detail. The species accounts summarize such topics as field characters, distribution, population size, breeding and feeding ecology and behaviour.

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