Waders of Europe

Description

Covering 44 species of nesting shorebirds and 38 other rare visitors from North America and Asia, Waders of Europe offers information on identification, ecology, and biology accompanied by a fantastic range of the authors own photography. With over 670 individual, flight, and group photographs and 189 illustrated silhouettes, this book is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in determining species in the field and learning more about these birds. 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, breeding Calidris 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 juveniles Phalaropes, 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 maldivarum Banded 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 gregarious White-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 Little Stint, Calidris minuta Temminck’s Stint, Calidris temminckii Ruff, Calidris pugnax Turnstones Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres Calidris sandpipers. American and Asian vagrants Western Sandpiper, Calidris maura Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla Red-necked Stint, Calidris ruficollis Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis Baird’s Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminate Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris Tringa sandpipers and relatives Spotted Redshank, Tringa erythropus Common Redshank, Tringa tetanus Willet, Tringa semipalmata Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularius Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus Grey-tailed Tattler, Tringa brevipes Godwits Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica Dowitchers Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus Curlews and Upland Sandpiper Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris Little Curlew, Numenius minutus Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda Snipes Great Snipe, Gallinago media Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago Wilson’s Snipe, Gallinago delicate Pin-tailed Snipe, Gallinago stenura Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus Woodcocks Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola Phalaropes Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius Wilson’s Phalarope, Steganopus tricolor List of photographers References Index