Birds of India : Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives /
The go-to field guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent--now in a comprehensively updated third edition The best field guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent is now even better.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2026.
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| Edition: | Third Edition. |
| Series: | Princeton field guides.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- How to Use this Book
- Species included
- Taxonomy and nomenclature
- Species accounts
- Plumage Terminology
- Glossary
- The Indian Subcontinent
- Climate
- Main habitats and bird species
- Importance for birds
- Threats and Conservation
- Family Summaries
- Species Accounts and Plates
- Ducks and geese ANATIDAE
- Megapodes MEGAPODIIDAE
- Partridges and pheasants PHASIANIDAE
- Flamingos PHOENICOPTERIDAE
- Grebes PODICIPEDIDAE
- Pigeons and doves COLUMBIDAE
- Sandgrouse PTEROCLIDAE
- Bustards OTIDIDAE
- Cuckoos, malkohas and coucals CUCULIDAE
- Frogmouths PODARGIDAE
- Nightjars CAPRIMULGIDAE
- Swifts APODIDAE
- Treeswifts HEMIPROCNIDAE
- Rails, crakes and coots RALLIDAE
- Finfoots HELIORNITHIDAE
- Cranes GRUIDAE
- Thick-knees BURHINIDAE
- Stilts and avocets RECURVIROSTRIDAE
- Ibisbill IBIDORHYNCHIDAE
- Oystercatchers HAEMATOPODIDAE
- Plovers and lapwings CHARADRIIDAE
- Painted-snipes ROSTRATULIDAE
- Jacanas JACANIDAE
- Snipes, curlews, sandpipers and stints SCOLOPACIDAE
- Buttonquails TURNICIDAE
- Coursers and pratincoles GLAREOLIDAE
- Jaegers and skuas STERCORARIIDAE
- Crab-plover DROMADIDAE
- Gulls, terns, noddies and skimmers LARIDAE
- Tropicbirds PHAETHONTIDAE
- Loons GAVIIDAE
- Albatrosses DIOMEDEIDAE
- Southern storm petrels OCEANITIDAE
- Northern storm petrels HYDROBATIDAE
- Shearwaters and petrels PROCELLARIIDAE
- Storks CICONIIDAE
- Frigatebirds FREGATIDAE
- Boobies SULIDAE
- Darters ANHINGIDAE
- Cormorants PHALACROCORACIDAE
- Pelicans PELECANIDAE
- Herons and bitterns ARDEIDAE
- Ibises and spoonbills THRESKIORNITHIDAE
- Osprey PANDIONIDAE
- Hawks, eagles and vultures ACCIPITRIDAE
- Barn owls TYTONIDAE
- Typical owls STRIGIDAE
- Trogons TROGONIDAE
- Hornbills BUCEROTIDAE
- Hoopoes UPUPIDAE
- Kingfishers ALCEDINIDAE
- Bee-eaters MEROPIDAE
- Rollers CORACIIDAE
- Asian barbets MEGALAIMIDAE
- Honeyguides INDICATORIDAE
- Wrynecks, piculets and woodpeckers PICIDAE
- Falcons FALCONIDAE
- Parrots and parakeets PSITTACIDAE
- Broadbills EURYLAIMIDAE
- Pittas PITTIDAE
- Cuckooshrikes and minivets CAMPEPHAGIDAE
- Vireos VIREONIDAE
- Whistlers PACHYCEPHALIDAE
- Old World orioles ORIOLIDAE
- Woodswallows ARTAMIDAE
- Vangas VANGIDAE
- Ioras AEGITHINIDAE
- Fantails RHIPIDURIDAE
- Drongos DICRURIDAE
- Monarchs and paradise-flycatchers MONARCHIDAE
- Shrikes LANIIDAE
- Crows, magpies and jays CORVIDAE
- Fairy flycatchers STENOSTIRIDAE
- Tits PARIDAE
- Penduline-tits REMIZIDAE
- Larks ALAUDIDAE
- Bearded Reedling PANURIDAE
- Cisticolas CISTICOLIDAE
- Reed warblers ACROCEPHALIDAE
- Grasshopper warblers and grassbirds LOCUSTELLIDAE
- Cupwings PNOEPYGIDAE
- Martins and swallows HIRUNDINIDAE
- Bulbuls PYCNONOTIDAE
- Leaf warblers PHYLLOSCOPIDAE
- Bush warblers SCOTOCERCIDAE
- Long-tailed tits AEGITHALIDAE
- Sylvia warblers SYLVIIDAE
- Parrotbills PARADOXORNITHIDAE