- Hardcover: 513 pages
- Publisher: Collins; 1st edition edition (2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007242360
- ISBN-13: 978-0007242368
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 17.2 x 5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 352,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Expert naturalist Les Beletsky and a team of first-rate artists have produced a bird world overview that is as accurate and informative as it is beautiful.’
KENN KAUFMAN,
author of the Field Guide to Advanced Birding
‘ … as a starting point for those who are beginning to become curious about our avian friends, it will prove a useful and valuable reference.’
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This stunning book captures the grace and beauty of the world’s birds. In more than 500 pages, ornithologist Les Beletsky has gathered over 1,600 original paintings that reveal the form, posture, and plumage of every single bird family found in the world, featuring illustrations of more than 1,300 avian species that are characteristic of the families.
Detailed paintings are by eleven of the world’s leading bird artists, with many being published here for the first time.
Beletsky’s detailed, readable, descriptions are paired with these vivid images to show the diversity of the world’s approximately 200 bird families. Garden bird-watchers, avid twitchers, and professional ornithologists alike will find in these pages everything from the everyday to the exotic, from diminutive hummingbirds to massive ostriches, from Antarctic penguins to tropical parrots.
Comprehensive, authoritative, and beautifully illustrated, ‘Birds of the World’ will amaze and inspire everyone with an interest in this remarkable part of the world's fauna.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a fan of Collins' Birds of Britain and Europe (and of Collins reference in general), I ordered this book expecting great things. Sadly, although the book looks great, there's really little here - text wise - to interest or inform. Buy it if you like looking at pretty pictures, but if you want a good solid reference book, then look else where. A great disappointment. Collins can do better.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book as a birthday present for a boy interested in science. I flicked through when it arrived and thought the text was "worthy", possibly a bit dry. The illustrations are lovely. The quality of paper is as expected for the very reasonable price of the book. It was a great hit with the birthday boy, who has been copying pictures from it, and hopefully it will be a book he can have on his shelf throughout his life, to keep going back to.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Excellent book; full of handy information. If you are a world twitcher then it is a bit heavy to carry around.
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