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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 19 July 2001
- ISBN 9780198549871
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages824 pages
- Size 253x197x40 mm
- Weight 1997 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 23 colour plates, numerous halftones, line drawings and maps 0
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Short description:
Nightjars and Their Allies provides a detailed review of the biology and evolution of all Caprimulgiformes. 118 species accounts provide details of coloration, measurements, geographical variation, range, movements, habitats, food and feeding, behaviour, voice, breeding, field identification, conservation, etc., with a large bibliography. All species are illustrated on the 23 colour plates by Martin Woodcock and there are numerous line drawings. The introductory chapters trace the evolution of each group within the Caprimulgiformes. Their taxonomy, biogeography and adaptive radiation in habitat preferences, feeding, behaviour, vocalisations, breeding, and moult are then reviewed in an evolutionary context.
MoreLong description:
Nightjars and their allies are a curious, fascinating, and remarkably varied group of birds that are found throughout the world. This largely nocturnal group has many specific adaptations for night time activity and some species alter their behaviour according to lunar cycles. Until now, the existing literature has lacked information about their biology or evolution. This book rectifies these omissions in a comprehensive account. The 118 species accounts provide details of coloration, plumage, moults, geographical variation, body measurements, habitats, behaviour, conservation, and evolution and are backed up by a comprehensive bibliography. The more general, introductory chapters review evidence about the group's evolutionary ancestry and place the birds' distributions, behaviour and physiology in an evolutionary context. The 23 superb plates by Martin Woodcock illustrate all the species, with behaviour and subtle variations depicted by delicate halftone drawings.
MoreTable of Contents:
Part 1: General Chapters
Introduction
Evolution and Classification
Biogeography and speciation
Habitats, migration and hibernation
Food and feeding ecology
Nocturnal signalling
Breeding Biology
Moult
Part 2: Species Accounts
Bibliography
