Sunbirds : a guide to the sunbirds, flowerpeckers, spiderhunters and sugarbirds of the world
The insect-eating sunbirds of the Old World are amongst the most glamorous of all bird families. This guide provides a comprehensive resource on the sunbirds and their allies, with 48 colour plates portraying all major plumage variations and many species depicted on typical food plants
Field guides
1 online resource (384 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
9781408135679, 9781408135686, 1408135671, 140813568X
701718522
COVER
CONTENTS
SYSTEMATIC LIST
INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
STYLE AND LAYOUT OF THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS
TOPOGRAPHY
MORPHOLOGY
General
Tongues
Plumage, moult and other age-related characters
Karyology
RELATIONSHIPS AND TAXONOMY
Possible undescribed species
BEHAVIOUR
Food and foraging
Pollination and seed dispersal
Vocalisations
Courtship
Anting
BREEDING
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
PARASITES
Nest parasites
Brood parasites
Endoparasites
Ectoparasites
MORTALITY AND PREDATORS
PHYSIOLOGY
MIGRATION AND OTHER MOVEMENTS ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
CONSERVATION
COLOUR PLATES
SYSTEMATIC SECTION
REFERENCES
INDEX
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
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T
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W
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Y
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