Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World
Derek Onley
A comprehensive guide to pelagic birds – the albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, storm-petrels and diving petrels.
Famous for their size and elegance in flight, albatrosses are familiar to anyone who has travelled through the southern oceans, and are a flagship family of conservation concern. However, albatrosses are just one of several groups of 'pelagic' birds - those that visit land only to breed, and spend the rest of their lives far from the coast, soaring from ocean to ocean in a never-ending search for food. Mysterious and graceful, these birds can present a formidable identification challenge to even the most experienced birder. This book provides the answer.
A total of 46 spectacular colour plates highlight key ID criteria of the birds in flight, with close-ups of diagnostic regions of the plumage. The plates are accompanied by accurate distribution maps, while the sparkling text brings the world of these amazing birds to life.
Sea-watchers all around the world will find this superb field guide indispensable.
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Birdwatch
An excellent addition to the field guide series.
BTO News
On balance, as ‘a book for birders, birdwatchers and others who go to sea’, Onley & Scofield works extremely well in the field. The book achieves much within its relatively compact form, 45 plates and 240 pages. This is borne out by the many well-thumbed, annotated, saltwater-marked copies of the books I have seen on boats, and my own 3 copies graded ‘take anywhere’, ‘this remains inside the cabin, always’, and the close-to-immaculate ‘home reference’
Birds New Zealand
This book is an absolute "must buy" for seabirders.
British Birds