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Sto caricando le informazioni... Birds of the Indusdi Mubashir Hasan
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The Indus valley is home to birds of the South Asian subcontinent, East Africa, Europe and much of the rest of Asia. According to T.J. Roberts, the region serves as a great caravan-serai for Eurasian Avifauna travellers. Ornithologists give different figures of the total number of the speciesof birds in the Indus valley and its adjoining lands. In this book, the author, who, though no specialist, with his passion and love for birds, has attempted to present his rare collection of photographs with a complete description of the birds, their appearance, size, habits and habitat. Accordingto him, birds have been nature's very special gift to our planet and there was a time when man accorded special recognition to birds. Supporting this, he has taken narrated references to human cultural associations with the different species and also written the legends and traditions, particularlyfolklore, associated with them. The descriptions are accompanied with coloured photographs and vernacular names common to the inhabitants of the valley. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Covering the Indus River Valley that runs primarily through Pakistan, this book provides a color photo and general overview of 225 (1/3) of the 745 birds found in the country. Not truly a field guide, this book introduces the casual birder to a variety of the region’s birds.
The color photos for the birds are not good. Their quality ranges from poor to fair. Many of the photos are blurry, many are too distant or small, and others don’t present a decent pose. The color and quality of the photos seem like they came from a low-cost printer used at home. For some of the birds (warblers, shorebirds), you’ll need to trust the author’s identification instead of the photo. One of the photos appears to be misidentified. The Red-necked Grebe appears to be a Little Grebe (note the yellow eye. red cheek, and light patch at base of beak).
The text varies between 1 and 2 paragraphs for each bird. This information gives generic descriptions of the birds and provides other basic background information on feeding, behavior, and distribution.
The index of English names is arranged quite differently. The list is alphabetized by the full name of the bird (e.g., Brown-headed Gull instead of Gull, Brown-headed). This causes problems when the bird has multiple common names. If you try to look up Plum-headed Parakeet you won’t find it unless you look under Blossom-headed Parakeet instead. There’s no way to look at a list of names for all Parakeets, or any other group of birds.
This book might be of interest to the local birders of the Indus but, with the variety of superior field guides available as alternatives, I can’t really recommend this book to anyone else.
I’ve listed several related books below…
1) Birds of Pakistan: Volumes 1&2 by Roberts
2) Birds of South Asia - Volume 1 & 2 by Rasmussen
3) Breeding Birds of Kashmir by Bates
4) Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan: Volumes 1-10 by Ali/Ripley
5) A Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives by Grimmett/Inskipp
6) Birds of India by Grimmett/Inskipp
7) Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Grewal
8) A Field Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by Kazmierczak
9) A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India by Grewal (