Pocket Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Richard Grimmett and Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp
Grimmett, Richard; Carol Inskipp; Tim Inskipp;
Pocket Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Christopher Helm, 1999 / Oxford U. Press 2001,2006, 384 pages
ISBN 0195651553
topics: | zoology | birds | india
collaborators: Sarath Kotagama and Shahid Ali ill: Clive Byers, Daniel Cole, John Cox, Gerald Driessens, Carl D'Silva, Martin Elliott, Kim Franklin, Alan Harris, Peter Hayman, Craig Robson, Jan Wilczur, and Tim Worfolk
Migration
1006 out of 1300 species in book are resident, though some numbers are augmented by winter visitors breeding farther north, and others undertake irregular movements, either locally or more widely. Many Himalayan residents are altitudinal migrants
18 species are summer visitors : most, e.g. Lesser Cuckoo winters in Africa. Some breed just N or W - e.g. European Bee-Eater
159 winter visitors: incl. 19 known only as passage migrants. Mostly from N. and Central Asia.
larger edition: Guide to the Birds of Indian subcontinent Christopher Helm, London, 1998 ISBN 0-691-04910-6
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