The Birds of Pakistan, Volume 2This work concludes noted ornithologist Tom Roberts' magnificent survey of the birds of Pakistan. Together with Volume 1, the work covers 660 species, offering detailed descriptions of each, supported by 47 full-page plates and over 100 black and white illustrations drawn by the author. Distribution maps of over 570 species detail wintering or breeding status, and voice descriptions are drawn from the author's own extensive collection of bird recordings made in Pakistan during his 34 years of residence in that country. Each volume contains a bibliography and index. Amateur and professional ornithologists alike will appreciate this unique work of art and scholarship. |
Contents
Species Accounts listed by Bird Family for location of each species see Systematic Index | 3 |
Thrushes and Forktails | 105 |
Forktails | 185 |
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AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN ARABIAN SEA ARABIAN SEA author obs Baltistan Baluchistan Bates and Lowther Bill length birds blackish breast BREEDING BIOLOGY breeding season bushes calls Chitral colour crown dark brown darker Dement'ev DESCRIPTION Body length DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS district Dunga Gali ear coverts eggs encountered feeding females fledged flight flocks Flycatcher foraging forest Gilgit grass grey greyish ground HABITAT HABITS Himalayan Ibis incubation INDIA CHINA Indus insects JBNHS Kaghan valley Kashmir legs and feet lower males Margalla hills Meinertzhagen metres migration Murree hills nest building northern numbers Osmaston outer pair Pakistan pale paler Paludan Phylloscopus plumage Prinia Punjab Quetta regions Ripley rufous Safed Koh Salim Ali Salt Range sexes are alike singing song species specimens Stray Feathers streaked Stuart Baker sub-species supercilium tail feathers Tail length Thatta district throat Thrush Ticehurst tips tree upper usually VOCALIZATIONS whilst Whistler Whitehead Wing length winter yellow